§ 19. Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Postmaster-General whether work has yet commenced on the conversion of the Enfield telephone exchange from manual to automatic working.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe existing manual exchange at Enfield has had to be enlarged and it is no longer possible to convert to automatic working on the same site. A building on another site will therefore be required, and I regret that at present I cannot say when this new scheme is likely to mature.
§ Mr. Ernest Daviesasked the Postmaster-General the number of subscribers to the Enfield telephone exchange on 31st March, 1939, 31st March, 1945, and the latest available date.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingThe number of subscribers connected to the Enfield exchange was 2,726 on the 31st March, 1939; 3,474 on the 31st March, 1945; and 4,605 on the 31st January, 1948.