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POPULATION.
The population of Tottenham at the 1931 Census was 157,772.
,, ,, ,, at mid-year 1935 (Registrar-General's
estimate) was 150,310
HOUSES.
According to the rate-books, the number of houses at the end of 1935
was 30,803.
RATEABLE VALUE.
The rateable value of the Borough at 1st April, 1935, was £954,241.
A Penny Rate produced £3,850.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE CHIEF
INDUSTRIES CARRIED ON IN THE AREA,
AND THE EXTENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
The district is an industrial one, and also houses workers in the
City, from which it is distant about five miles.
The chief industries include cabinet making, joinery, bootmaking
and fur dressing, and the manufacture of confectionery, stationery,
wireless accessories, pianos and duplicators.
The London Passenger Transport Board, by tram, bus and tube
service, convey large numbers to and from the City, morning and
evening. The L. & N.E. Railway Company have 7 stations in Tottenham,
and the L.M. & S. Railway Company, 3 stations. All these travel
facilities barely suffice to meet the needs of the district at rush hours.
Toilers in the City do not reach their places of business or their houses
in the evening except at considerable personal inconvenience. Your
Council and neighbouring authorities have made repeated applications
for an improved passenger transport service, and these ought not to be
disregarded.
The state of unemployment may be gauged from the following
figures, supplied from the local Labour Exchange:—