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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.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the Health of
the District for the year 1948.
It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 3/49 the 17th January,
1949 - as requested by the Ministry of Health.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA,
Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1931 Census) 15,064
Registrar-General's Estimate of Resident Population, mid 1948 24,550
Number of Inhabited Houses 6,740
Rateable Value £258,624
Sum represented (excluding Totteridge Rowley £716
bv a Pennv Rate (excluding Totteridge £755
(including Totteridge and Rowley £1,041
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.