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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
IflSDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
10 Wood Street,
Barnet,
To the Chairman and Hembers of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Mrs.. Hughes and Gentlemen,
I have muoh pleasure in presenting to you ray Annual Report on the Health of
the District for the year 1945,
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 28/46 of the 11th February,
1946 - 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 1945 20,820
Number of Inhabited Houses 1945 6,440
Rateable Value £253,148
Sum represented (exoluding Totteridge and Rowley £708
by a Penny Rate (excluding Totteridge £748
(including Tottoridge and Rowley c£l,031
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.