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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area (in acres—Census, 1931) 3,221
Population (Census, 1931) 59,524
Population (Estimated, 1938, R.G.) 58,680
Number of inhabited houses:—
1921 (Census) 11,926
1931 (Census) 13,325
1938 (According to Rate Books) 16,300
Number of families or separate occupiers
1921 (Census) 13,998
1931 (Census) 15,883
Rateable Value:—£804,402.
Sum represented by a penny rate:—£3,351.
Social Conditions.— During recent years a large number of
flats have been erected, particularly north of the railway.
Many of the residents of the Borough are engaged in professional
and commercial occupations.
In the southern part of the Borough there are a number
of factories, three hundred and twenty-six premises being
registered under the Factories Act 1937. Most of these premises
are small. They include eighteen laundries which employ a
large number of women. In addition, there are leather works,
gas mantle works, tool and file works, and railway stock and
repair depots, which also employ a considerable number of
people.
The nature of the work carried on in these factories and
workshops does not exert any influence on the public health
of the town.
The figures for unemployment amongst Wimbledon
residents registered at the Employment Exchange at the end
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