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PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER
OP 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 Lee
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 (Census 1931) 34,155
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1932)
according to Rate Books 36,605
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1931) 59,143
Rateable value (December, 1933) £1,459,979
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,896
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
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.