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Leyton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Administrative and Clerical Staff
F. C. Ware
E. R. Price
L. G. Goodbun
G. A. Thurlow
E. Lamb
A. Keeys
Miss E. Beckley
Mrs. F. Wright
Miss R. Carrington
G. Whitehouse (H.M. Forces 13.3.54)
Miss B. G. Johnson (from 20.4.54)
Distribution—Welfare Foods
Mrs. D. Gray
*Mrs. H. Coleman
* Part-time.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area in Acres 2,594
Population (Census 1951) 105,978
Population (Registrar-General's Estimate, 1954) 103,100
Number of private householders (Census 1951) 34,720
Number of structurally separate dwellings occupied (Census 1951) 27,134
Number of rooms occupied (Census 1951) i37j763
Number of persons per room (Census 1951) 0.75
Number of dwellings occupied by one private household ... 20,012
Number of dwellings occupied by two private households ... 6,728
Number of dwellings occupied by three or more private households 394
Assessable Value for General Rate purposes (1954/55) £782,902
Sum represented by a Penny Rate for General Rate purposes
(1954/55) £3>200