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L.P.T.B. bus services, are not surpassed when
compared with any similar extra metropolitan
district. An extension of the Southern Railway
is being constructed through the district and will
pass through Hook and Chessington. The work
is now well in hand. There is also an efficient and
adequate service of buses and trolley tramways
connecting with most of the adjoining districts,
except for the Berrylands Estate, which does not
seem to be adequately serviced.
There has been a slight increase in the number
of factories in the district. The addition of
these factories, however, cannot be said to exert
any particular influence upon the health of the
workers.
Of the workers engaged at the factories and
workshops the majority are resident within the
district.
The amount of unemployment in the Borough
is small and is for the most part seasonal.
The added area of Chessington may still be
said to be rural in character, but this is rapidly
changing as building development propresses in
this part of the Borough.