[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover R.D.C.

  • Andover (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Andover R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION A STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA (1949 figures in brackets) Area (in acres) 67,811 (67,811) Registrar General’s estimate of resident population 14,900 (15,020) Number of inhabited houses according to Rate Books 3,670 (3,493) Rateable Value £88,664 (£84,589) Sum represented by a Penny Rate £369 (£352) Chief Industries carried on in the area : Below are given Ministry of National Insurance figures of numbers employed, obtained from the Ministry of Labour. It is not possible to give figures for the Rural District of Andover as Ministry of National Insurance areas are based not on existing Local Government areas but on the towns and the areas of country draining naturally into them. The figures given are for the area of the Andover office of the Ministry of National Insur- ance, which area comprises : Andover Municipal Borough Andover Rural District Hurstbourne Priors, Laverstoke, St. Mary Bourne, Whit- church, and Portals only in Overton, in Kingsclere and Whitchurch Rural District. Broughton, Houghton, Leckford, Longstock, Nether Wallop, Over Wallop, and Stockbridge, in Romsey and Stockbridge Rural District. Agriculture 2,000 Paper making and Printing 1,600 Local and National Government 1,400 Building 1,300 Distributive Trades 1,100 Engineering, Garages etc 1,100 Food and Drink etc. ..<... 500 Woodwork, etc 500 Transport 350 Professions ...... 180 All others 1,670 Total 11,700 Extent of Unemployment This is virtually non-existent, being 0.1% (England and Wales 1.0%)