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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, 1929 214,400
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 (1929) 35,355
Number of families or separate
occupiers (1921) 56,020
Rateable value (December, 1929) £1,463,111
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,000
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 arrangements are kept under
constant supervision.
Population.—The population for the whole Borough gives a
density of 65.2 persons per acre, varying from 50.2 persons per acre
in the Northern Sub-district to 93.8 persons per acre in the Southwestern
Sub-district. The following table gives the estimated population
and density of population per acre for each of the Registration
Sub-districts in the Borough:—