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The Urban District of Beddington and Wallington was constituted
in 1915 by an Order of the Surrey County Council, the area up to that
time being part of the Croydon Rural District.
By an Order in Council, dated 20th August, 1937, H.M. King George
VI granted a charter to Beddington and Wallington, which was presented
on the 15th September, 1937, by the Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Surrey.
The Borough is bounded on the east by the County Borough of
Croydon, to the north by the Borough of Mitcham, to the west by the
Carshalton Urban District and to the south by the Urban District of
Coulsdon and Purley.
The population, as shown by the Registrar-General's figure, shows an
increase on the previous year by approximately 1,000. Inhabited houses,
however, have only risen by 21. The number of persons per house
shows an increase of 0.1, being 3.6 for the year under review. Overcrowding
in many properties continues, and the difficulties of rehousing
persons remains as acute as in the previous year.
Industries remain concentrated for the most part in the northern area
of the district, and there has been very little change in the character of
the Borough as a whole, being for the most part residential and a
dormitory.
During the year, the progressive policy of the Council in maintenance
of parks and open spaces has been shown in the care and cultivation of
such areas and the continued appreciation of the population as a whole
of these health-giving amenities.
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