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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL,
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the Health of
the District for the year 1947.
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 170/47 of the 31st December,
1947 - as requested by the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 1931 3>H4
Area added in April, 1935 1>176
Total Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1931 Census) 14,726
Population of Added Area J^8
Registrar-General1s Estimate of Resident Population, mid 1947 23,93®
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1947 6,637
Rateable Value £257>892
Sua represented (deluding Totteridge and Rowley £703
bv a Pennv Rate (excluding Totteridge £746
(including Totteridge and Rowley £1,030
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.