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SECTION A
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
1. General Statistics.
Area in Acres 1,390
Civilian Population (Registrar General) 40,660
Total Population (including Service 41,680
personnel)
Number of inhabited houses (approx.) 11,221
Rateable Value - General Rate £545,295
Sum represented by Penny Rate £ 2,223
2. Social Conditions.
Mr. P.R.Smith, the Manager of the local Employment Exchange
has kindly provided the following information regarding employment
in Kingston and the surrounding districts.
"A high level of employment was maintained throughout the
year, and unemployment did not at any time exceed 1% of the
industrial population. Long term unemployment was restricted
in the main to elderly workers, and those of poor physique.
There were approximately 100 registered disabled persons on the
register throughout the year.
Youth employment was taken over by the Education Authority
on 1st, October, since when young people between school leaving
age and eighteen years of age have been dealt with at the Surrey
County Council's Youth Employment Bureau in Penrhyn Road.
The principal industries in the area, which is still mainly
residential, are Building, Motor, General, and Aircraft Engineering".

Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 13.53
It is satisfactory to note a fall in the still-birth rate
which indicates a further saving in child life, and an indication
of success in ante-natal and obstetric work.