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SECTION A,
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Special Note: By virtue of the Middlesex County
Council (Review of Districts) Order, 1934, the boundaries of
the Borough were considerably altered as from April 1st, 1934,
resulting in the straightening out of the boundary lines and a
slight alteration of the total acreage of the area.
As a further result of this alteration of boundaries, the
statistics of births, deaths and notifiable diseases are composite
figures, combining the records of the first portion of the year,
prior to the date of change, with those for the altered area
for the remaining portion of the year.
The Registrar-General has estimated the normal mid 1934
population of the Borough, as now constituted, as 62,926, but,
for use with the composite figures above referred to, has supplied
a statistical working population of 62,777. This figure is
modified to take account of the fact that the records do not
wholly relate to the entire year for the district as now
constituted and is the figure used where necessary for the
calculation of the various rates set out in this report.
1.—GENERAL STATISTICS, 1934.
Area in acres (including 116 acres of foreshore of
River Thames and 24 acres of inland water) 2449.5
Population—Census, 1931 62,617
Registrar-General's estimate for area, mid 1934 62,926
Registrar-General's estimate of population for statistical
purposes (see note above) 62,777
Number of inhabited houses (end 1934) according to
Rate Books (approximate—including shops) 15,973
Rateable Value (31st December, 1934) £672,204
Sum represented by a penny Rate (General District) £2,648