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2 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1982.
Social Conditions.
The Report of the Registrar-General on the Census enumerated
on the 26th April, 1931, gives the population of the Borough as
353,110—159,711 males and 193,396 females. This is a larger
population than any other London Borough, the next being
Islington with a total of 821,795 persons.
At the Census 1921, the total population was 828,807, and
of these, 147,229 were males and I HI ,078 were females. At the
Census 1911, the population was 311,360, of whom 140,728 were
males and 170,682 were females.
The density of population in the Borough of Wandsworth was
38-8 persons per acre, while the figure for the whole of London
was 58-7. The greatest density was 151*7 in Southwark and
the lowest in Woolwich with 17-7.
In the matter of room density the average for the whole
County is 0-98 persons per room and the figure varies from 0-70
to 1*45. The Boroughs showing the most favourable densities
are Hampstead (-70), Westminster (-76), Chelsea and Wandsworth
(-79 each), and Kensington ("80).
There is no particular occupation carried on in this Borough
which affects public health.
GENERAL STATISTICS FOR TIIE
BOROUGH.
Areac9,199 acres
Population in 1932 853,603
No. of inhabited houses in 1981 71,566
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1981 95,883
Rateable value in 1932 £8,001,904
Estimated produce of a penny rate £12,200