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Penge 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Town Hall,
Anerley, S.E. 20.
April, 1937.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban
District Council of Penge.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Twenty-eighth Annual Report on the
Health of the District for the year ending the 31st December,
1936.
It is compiled in accordance with Circular 1,561 (1936)
of the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (acres) 770
Population (Census, 1931) 27,771
Population (Estimated middle of 1936, R.G.) 25,810
Number of inhabited dwellings (Census, 1931) 5,235
Number of separately rated inhabited dwellings
(end of 1936) according to rate books (approximate)
6,287
Number of private families (Census, 1931) 7,595
Total dwellings occupied and vacant (Census, 1931) 5,368
Miscellaneous habitations and institutions housing
non-private families (Census, 1931) 62
Rateable value £201,907
Sum represented by Id. rate £786