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PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF
Medical Officer of Health: Dr. W. D. Hyde.
Deputy Medical Officer of Health: Dr. Margaret R. Gilmour.
Chief Public Health Inspector: Mr. J. C. Lightfoot.
Public Health Inspectors and Inspectors of Meat and Foods:
Mr. A. Ramsden, Mr. D. C. Turner, Mr. G. E. A. Laney, Mr.
N. Smith, Mr. E. A. C. Kottman, Mr. A. J. Hattersley, Mr. R.
Williams.
Student Public Health Inspector: Mr. D. Ratliff.
Rodent Investigator: Mr. P. W. Partridge.
Chief Clerk: Mr. S. N. Dance.
Senior Clerk: Mr. R. W. Kirby.
General Clerks: Mr. E. Gray (resigned 15.2.59), Mr. B. Bayford
(appointed 16.3.59), Mrs. V. M. Randall, Miss J. Cowlard.
Shorthand-Typist: Mrs. C. Meikle.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
POPULATION
The population as estimated by the Registrar General is
109,700.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1959, according
to the Rate Books, was 33,054.
Explanatory Note : Definition of "Houses"—Structurally
separate dwellings including flats.
The rateable value of the Borough is £2,096,363
The net product (after allowing for cost of collection)
of a penny rate is (Estimated) £8,550
AREA
Area (in acres) 12,401
NEW HOUSES
The number of houses erected during the course of the year
was 362.