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Barnet 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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Barnet urban district council.
medical off icer' s report.
Health Department,
Council Offices,
B A R N E T.
To the Chairman and Members
of the Barnet Urban District Council.
Mrs. Strugnell and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report
on the Health of the District for the year 1938.
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 1728 of
25th October, 1938, as requested by the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Area (in acres) 1931 | 3,114 | |
| Area added in April 1935 | 1,176 | |
| Total Area | 4,290 | |
| Population (1931 Census) | 14,726 | |
| Population of Added Area | 338 | |
| Registrar General's Estimate of Resident Population mid 1938 | 21,320 | |
| Number of Inhabited Houses 1938 | 6,222 | |
| Rateable Value | £237,307 | |
| Sum Represented by a Penny Rate | excluding Totteridge and Rowley | 690.15.0. |
| excluding Totteridge | 722.14.2. | |
| including Totteridge and Rowley | 988.15.7. | |
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The population is largely residential, and consists chicfly
of people whose occupation lies outside the urban area. Those
employed in the district, apart from the tradesmen and their
employees, arc mainly skilled workers at dental manufacturing,
lithographic, printing and optical works.
Relief is supplied by the Public Assistance Committee of the
Herts County Council.