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Statistics and Social Conditions
of the Area.
Area (in acres) 3,764
Registrar-General's estimate of Resident Population,
1935 62,180
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to
Rate Books 17,347
Rateable value (1935) £752,868
Sum represented by a penny rate (1935) . £2,990
There is some evidence to show that Southgate has shared in
the national recovery, although, on the whole, there is no
appreciable difference in the social conditions of the district.
Nutrition continues satisfactory, particularly among the younger
element of the population. As before, the Social Service Council
carried out its auxiliary services which have proved so valuable.
One of the most satisfactory features of the past five years has
undoubtedly been the comparatively slight effect which the worldwide
depression exerted upon the district. At no time could it be
said that our defences were seriously threatened or the standard
of nutrition dangerously impaired. Very fortunately, the false
economies practised in so many districts were not applied to the
social services of Southgate, a policy whose wisdom is now making
itself abundantly apparent.
Meteorology.—The total rainfall recorded by the Council's
rain-gauge in Broomfield Park measured 29.32 inches during 1935,
the daily average being 0.08 inches. The greatest fall in 24 hours
was on October 3rd, when 0.78 inches were recorded, and the total
days on which no rain fell was 194. It will be seen from the
following table that the total rainfall and the number of days on
which measurable rain fell during 1935 were again considerably
higher than during the previous year, although it still cannot be
said that 1935 was a "wet" year. It is hoped that more
extensive meteorological information will be available next year,
following the setting-up of a more adequately equipped station
within the district.
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