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Chigwell 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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Temporary Assistant Sanitary Inspector:
E. A. Ellis, A. R.San.I.
Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors Joint Board
Certificate.
Royal Sanitary Institute Certificate for Inspector of Meat and
Other Foods.
Clerk: Miss J. Warriner.
Medical Officers of Welfare Centres:
Buckhurst Hill: C. R. Dykes, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
Chigwell and Loughton: I. M. Bell, M.B., Ch.B.
Health Visitors:
Buckhurst Hill : Miss R. Bartter, S.C.M., R.S.I.
Chigwell: Miss S. J. Myers, S.R.N., S.C.M., R.S.I.
Loughton: Miss E. Glover, S.R.N., S.C.M., R.S.I.
Midwives practising in the Area:—County Council 3
District Nurse Midwives 2
Independent —
Number of Registered Nursing Homes —
Midwives:
Buckhurst Hill: Miss R. Bartter, S.C.M., R.S.I.
Chigwell: Miss F. E. Guise, S.C.M.
Loughton: Miss G. H. Quill, S.C.M.
Assistant for Buckhurst Hill and Loughton:
Miss G. Jones, S.R.N., S.C.M.
Section A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 8,970 (14 sq. miles approx.).
Population (30th June, 1939) Reg. Gen. Figures—25,500
(estimated).
Number of inhabited houses 7,480
Number of separate families or separate occupiers, not available.
Rateable Value £240,192
Sum represented by a
Penny Rate £920
The population has increased by 1,350 (estimated) during the year.
Last year the increase was 1,140. This again, as last, is almost entirely
due to the occupation of new property.
The rateable value has increased by over £20,000, as against
£13,000 in 1938.
The sum obtained from a Penny Rate has also increased by £70.
The rate in the pound for 1939/40 was 13/7.