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Wembley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Exchange Persons over 18 years of age,
totally unemployed, resident in the
Borough of Wembley, 4th April, 1938.
Hendon
Willesden 1,597
Harrow
Acton 4
Total 1,601
Previous Comparative figures have been:—
1936 706
1935 1,200
1934 672
Open Spaces.—The Public Open Spaces (zoned as such in
the Wembley and Kingsbury Planning Schemes) represent
346.57 acres. This figure does not include the 200 acres of the
Fryent Way Regional Open Space recently acquired.
Numbers of Inhabited Houses.—The Borough Treasurer
has kindly supplied the following information:—
Houses (Including Tenements and Flats) April, 1938.
| No. of Dwellings. | Percentage of Total Dwellings. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rented Houses (excluding Council Houses) | 4,215 | 13.36 | 28.01 |
| Rented Houses (let in Tenements) | 671 | 2.13 | |
| Rented Flats (excluding Council Flats | 3,104 | 9.84 | |
| Council Houses | 753 | 2.38 | |
| Council Flats | 96 | .30 | |
| Owner-Occupied Houses | 20,149 | 63.92 | 63.95 |
| Owner-Occupied Flats | 8 | .03 | |
| Incomplete Data | 2,535 | 8.04 | 8.04 |
| 31,531 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
With regard to houses originally intended for one family
but occupied by two or more families, an analysis of the returns
made under Section 40 of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925,
reveals that the number of houses in the Borough thus occupied
is 2,123.
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