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Annual Report Medical Officer Health,
1913.
113, High Street, Uxbridge,
February, 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the Uxbridge
Rural District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Report on the Public Health of your
District for the the year 1913.
A.—NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
1.—Physical Features and General Character of the District.
The Uxbridge Rural District lies in the North-West Angle of
Middlesex, and consists of the Parishes of Harefield, Northolt, Ickenham,
Hillingdon East, West Drayton and Cowlev. On the East of the District
runs the River Colne and its branch the Frays. The Yeading Brook rises
between Harrow and Pinner and runs into the Cran. The Pinn also
rises near Pinner, and flows in a South-Westerly direction through
the District into the Colne at Yiewsley. A portion of the Grand Junction
Canal traverses the Western boundary of the District.
The District is mostly flat, but hilly in parts, the highest points being
Harefield 291 feet and Hillingdon 188 feet above sea-level. The soil consists
chiefly of London Clay, with occasional patches of plastic clay and gravel,
and at Harefield an outcrop of chalk.
2.—Population.
Estimated at middle of 1913 9600
Inhabited Houses 1966
Deducting 320 for Hillingdon Workhouse and Infirmary, this makes
an average of 4.72 per house.
The working class population are engaged chiefly in Agricultural and
Small Business pursuits, there being only 9 Factories and 15 Workshops
registered in the District.