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BARHET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
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 1942.
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 2773 the 10th March,
1943, as requested by the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 1931 3,114
Area added in April 1933 1,176
Total Area 4,290
Population (1931 Census) 14,726
Population of Added Area 338
Registrar General's Estimate of Resident Population mid 1942 +
Number of Inhabited Houses 1942 6,593
Rateable Value £255,874
Sum represented (excluding Totteridge and Rowley £691. 18. 11.
by a Penny Rate (excluding Totteridge £737. 13. 9.
(including Totteridge and Rowley £1,019. 8. 7.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
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, printing and optical works.
Relief is supplied by the Public Assistance Committee of the Hertfordshire
County Council.
+ Information not to be published - Circular 2773 the Ministry of Health,
10th March, I943.