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6. In what year did 600 white males attempt to batter their way into black-owned properties in Notting Hill?

  • 1959
  • 1958
  • 1962
  • 1963

7. What was the infant mortality rate in 1973?

  • 19.6 per thousand births
  • 20.7 per thousand births
  • 17.2 per thousand births
  • 18.3 per thousand births

8. What was the infant mortality rate in 1950?

  • 29.8 per thousand births
  • 31.2 per thousand births
  • 34.3 per thousand births
  • 33.9 per thousand births

9. When was the Commonwealth Immigrants Act introduced?

  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1962
  • 1959

10. How much did the number of households owning a washing machine increase by between 1951-64?

  • 67.8%
  • 59.4%
  • 63.2%
  • 54.7%

11. What was the average rate of unemployment in the 1930s?

  • 12.7%
  • 11.1%
  • 14.6%
  • 10.3%

12. How many New Commonwealth citizens entered Britain between 1960-62?

  • 230,000
  • 410,000
  • 500,000
  • 160,000

13. How many people were employed in service industries by 1960?

  • 5 million
  • 7 million
  • 2 million
  • 4 million

14. How much did the number of households owning a TV increase by between 1957-59?

  • 21%
  • 45%
  • 32%
  • 67%