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PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF
Medical Officer of Health: Dr. W. D. Hyde.
Acting Deputy do. Dr. Margaret R. Gilmour.
Chief Public Health Inspector: Mr. J. C. Lightfoot.
Public Health Inspectors and Inspectors of Meat and Foods:
Mr. H. Wiggett (retired 31st December, 1957), Mr. A. Ramsden,
Mr. D. C. Turner, Mr. G. E. A. Laney, Mr. N. Smith, Mr. K. E.
Sewell (resigned 24th September, 1957), Mr. E. A. C. Kottman.
Rodent Investigator: Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk: Mr. Sydney Coulter (resigned 31st December, 1957).
Senior Clerk: Mr. S. N. Dance.
General Clerks: Mr. E. Gray, Mrs. I. Curtis (resigned 26th July,
1957), Mrs. V. M. Randall (appointed 8th July, 1957), Miss
J. M. Lacey (resigned 5th July, 1957), Miss D. A. Harding
(appointed 29th July, 1957).
Shorthand-Typist: Mrs. C. Meikle.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
POPULATION
The population as estimated by the Registrar General is
109,200.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1957, according
to the Rate Books, was 32,119.
Explanatory Note: Definition of "Houses"—Structurally
separate dwellings including flats.
The rateable value of the Borough is £1,753,510
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is (Estimated) £7,100
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,401
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 435.