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1. GENERAL STATISTICS.
Natural and Social Conditions of the Area.
Area (in acres) 3,287
Population—Census, 1901 219,780
Census, 1911 222,674
Census, 1921 222,142
Estimated, 1925 228,300
Physical features and General Character of the Area.—The
Borough varies in elevation between 16 feet and 110 feet above
ordnance datum. The north-west portion lies on yellow clay,
and there is a considerable area on a bed of gravel and sand of
varying depths, other portions are on brick earth, and in the Lea
Valley there is a bed of alluvial gravel. Underlying the whole
of the Borough is the London blue clay, which in a few places
appears near the surface.
Number of inhabited houses (1925) 35,145
Number of families or separate
occupiers (1921) 56,020
Rateable value (December, 1925) £1,297,122
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,275
Social Conditions, including the chief occupations of the inhabitants,
and the influence of any particular occupation on public
health.—The population is mainly working class, and the chief
occupations are the manufacture of boots, shoes, cabinets and