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Wembley 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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WEMBLEY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
tor the year 1933
BY
Charles E. Goddard,
O.B.E., M.D).
To the Chairman ami Members of the Wembley Urban
District Council.
Mr. Chairman, Madam, and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Annual Report on the
Sanitary circumstances of the district for the year 1933, and
in doing- so have followed the order of details as far as possible
from instructions from the Ministry of Health.
Area in acres 4;564
Population 1933 (Midsummer), Estimated
by Registrar-General 58,850
Number of inhabited houses, end of
1933, according to rate books 16,000
(Estimated)
Rateable Value (1st October, 1933) £623,641
Sum represented by a penny rate
(General District) £2,380
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
By far the greater number of the population of Wembley
are employed outside the district, which still maintains a
" dormitory " character.
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