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Barnet 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICE'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
No. 10 Wood Street,
Barnet.
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 1939.
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 1961 of the l6th February,
1940, 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 1939 | 22,030 | |
| Average Population appropriate to the calculation of death rates | 21,980 | |
| Number of Inhabited Houses 193:9 | 6,728 | |
| Rateable Value | £253,263 | |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate | ( excluding Totteridge and Rowley | 726.16. 6. |
| ( excluding Totteridge | 768.7. 7. | |
| ( including Totteridge and Rowley | 1055. 5. 3. | |
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION
The population is largely residential, and consists chiefly of people whose
occupation lies outside the urban area. Those employed in the district, apart
from the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers at dental
manufacturing, lithographic, rinting and optical works.
Relief is supplied by the Public Assistance Committee of the Hertfordshire
County Council.