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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 3,765
Registrar-General's Estimate of Resident
Civilian Population, 1956 71,670
Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1956)
according to Rate Books 22,408
Rateable Value £1,482,730
Sum represented by 1d. Rate (1956) £5,950
There is little I can add to the remarks set out in the introduction
to this Report. As a dormitory borough on the fringes of
Outer London, our problems may not be so great or so pressing
as those districts which are already overcrowded and over-built to
quite an alarming extent. That does not mean, of course, that we
do not have problems of our own. The standard set in Southgate
has always been high; it must surely be our aim to maintain that
standard and to ensure that the character of the Borough is never
allowed to despreciate. In this great task, the Public Health Department
has an important role to play. We fully appreciate the magnitude
of this task, which is perhaps greater than is sometimes
realised. The years ahead are not likely to lessen our difficulties. It
is for this reason that I have continually stressed the true significance
of maintaining an efficient staff at full strength. Only in
this way can we hope to tackle our health problems in a realistic
and adequate manner.
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