[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Staines U.D.C.

  • Staines (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Staines U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE STAINES URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg- to submit my Annual Report for the year 1944 General Statistics Area.—7845 acres of land; 405 acres of water. Population.—33,490. Number of inhabited houses at end of 1944— 9,302. Number of uninhabited houses—25 Rateable Value—£346,436. Sum represented by a penny rate—£1,397 18 0 Social Conditions Chief industries carried on in the district are : Manufacture of Linoleum, Engineering Works, Paint Works, Laundries, Iron Works, Fat Extraction and Refin¬ ing, Building Trade and Manufacture of Roofing Tiles, Gravel Digging, Manufacture of Tin Ware Agriculture, Printing Works. Extent of Unemployment At the end of December 1944 there were 4 men and 3 women unemployed.