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BAR NET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Tel: BARnet 5511
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the health of the
district for the year 1959.
It is drawn up in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Health
Circular 1/60 of the 8th January, 1960.
STATISICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1951 Census) 25,019
Registrar—General's Estimate of Resident Population, Mid 1959 26,410
Number of Inhabited Houses 8,354
Number of Persons per House 3.16
Rateable Value £504,027
Product of a Penny Rate £2.040
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 in light industries.