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Barnet 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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BARNET 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. Hughes and Gentlemen,
I hove much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the
Health of the District for the year 1946.
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 13/47 of the
13th March 1947 - as requested by the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Area (in acres) 1931 | 3,114 | |
| Area added ill 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 1946 | 23,230 | |
| Number of Inhabited Houses 1946 | 6,585 | |
| Rateable Value | £254,929 | |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate | excluding Totteridge and Rowley | £708 |
| excluding Totteridge | £749 | |
| including Totteridge and Rowley | £1,035 | |
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.