[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC].

  • Barnet (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1941?]
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    (3) BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT. Public Health Department, 10 Wood Street, Barnet. To the Chairman and Members of the Barnet Urban District Council, Mrs. Strugnell and Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the Health of the District for the year 1940. It is drawn up on the lines indicated in Circular 2,314 of the 26th March, 1941, as requested by the Ministry of Health. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Area (in acres) 1931 3,114 Area added in April 1935 1,176 Total Area 4,290 Population (1931 Census) 14,726 Population of Added Area 338 Registrar General's Estimate of Resident Population mid 1940 22,220 Number of Inhabited Houses 1940 6,569 Rateable Value £259,151 Sum represented ( excluding Totteridge and Rowley £748. 12. 0. by a Penny Rate ( excluding Totteridge £785. 9, 0. ( including Totteridge and Rowley £1,079, 15, 11, NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS. The population is largely residential, and consists chiefly of people whose occupation lies outside the urban area. Those employed in the district, apart from the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers at dental manufacturing, lithographic, printing and optical works. Relief is supplied by the Public Assistance Committee of the Hertfordshire County Council.