[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon].

  • Wimbledon (London, England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1938?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA Area (in acres—Census, 1931) 3,221 Population (Census, 1931) 59,524 Population (Estimated, 1937, R.G.) 58,440 Number of inhabited houses :— 1921 (Census) 11,926 1931 (Census) 13,325 1937 (According to Rate Books) 15,800 Number of families or separate occupiers:— 1921 (Census) 13,998 1931 (Census) 15,883 Rateable Value:—£781,317. Sum represented by a penny rate:—£3,255. Social Conditions.—A great many of the residents are engaged in professional and commercial occupations. In the southern part of the Borough there are a number of factories and workshops, three hundred and twenty-six premises being registered under the Factory and Work shop Acts. Most of these premises are small. There are eighteen laundries registered in the district and they employ a large number of women. In addition, there are leather works, gas mantle works, tool and file works, and a railway stock and repair depot, which employ a considerable number of people. The nature of the work carried on in these factories and workshops does not exert any influence on the public health of the town. The figures for unemployment amongst Wimbledon residents registered at the Employment Exchange at the end of the year show an increase of one hundred and sixty-seven 4