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outflow from the sewage works. The rest of the
surface water drains into a small brook discharging
on the north-east into the Wandle. Further north,
where the London and Brighton Road crosses the
border, the ground rises to 147 feet. This is the most
rural part. Southwards, on the chalk, towards
Banstead Downs, there is a gradual ascent to 293 feet.
AREA.
The length of the District is three miles, and has an
average breadth of one mile and an area of 1,836 acres,
or nearly three square miles.
BOUNDARIES.
It is bounded on the north by Morden, east by
Carshalton, south by Banstead, and west by Cheam,
and on all sides, except where the towns of Sutton and
Carshalton join, has a rural aspect.
RATEABLE VALUE.
Poor Rate—£169,353.
ASSESSABLE VALUE.
General District Rate—£164, 646.
One penny in the £ produces on the
Poor Rate—£665.
General District Rate—£651.
For the half-year ending March, 1919—Poor Rate,
is. 8d.; General District Rate, 2s. 4d.
For the half-year ending September, 1919—Poor
Rate, is. 10d.; General District Rate, 2s. 4d.
Poor Rate 3s. 6d.; General District Rate, 4s. 8d.
=8s. 2d.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
A large proportion of the residents is engaged in
business in London. The remainder consists chiefly
of tradesmen and their assistants, gardeners, domestic
servants, and laundry workers.
Of the inhabited houses, 60 per cent. exceed a rental
of £25 per annum.