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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, 1926 228,500
Physical Features and General Character of the Area.—The
Borough varies in elevation between 16 feet and 110 feet above
orc'nance 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 (1926) 35,136
Number of families or separate
occupiers (1921) 56,020
Rateable value (December, 1926) £1,432,226
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,880
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
pianos, and the production of tailored clothes. The factories
and workshops are in very good condition and the sanitary
auangements are kept under constant supervision.