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SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND VITAL
STATISTICS*
General Statistics.
Area, 2,594 acres.
Population, census 1931, 128,313.
Population, June, 1933 (Registrar-General's estimate), 125,700.
Number of families (1931), 34,368.
Number of inhabited houses (1931), 26,306.
Number of persons per house (1931), 4.87.
Assessable value for General Rate purposes, £765,481.
Sum represented by a penny rate for General Rate purposes, £3,005
(as from 1st April, 1934).
Social Conditions.—Leyton is classified as one of the 107
great towns in England and Wales. Situate in the extreme
south-west of the County of Essex, and separated from the County
of London by the River Lea, it forms part of Greater London. By
rail it is only 5½ miles from the City of London, and to this feature
it owed its rapid growth, for no large staple industries are carried
on in the area. Inasmuch as a very large proportion of the inhabitants
work in the City and County of London, it is aptly described
as a "dormitory of the Metropolis."