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64
FORMATION OF NEW WARDS AND RE-ADJUSTMENT
OF WARD BOUNDARIES.
Owing to the continued growth of the district the old Ward
divisions had become quite insufficient and the inequalities existing
made it highly desirable to re-adjust the boundaries of the existing
wards and create further ward areas. As a result of the labours of the
Ward Representation Committee, the Council at their meeting held on
the 26th February, 1907, adopted a scheme for the re-adjustments of
the wards. In a report which I submitted to the Committee on the
18th February, a provisional scheme was set out dividing the district
into areas of approximately equal population. Consideration was
given to other than mere electoral requirements in preparing the
re-distribution scheme and in submitting it in draft I reported as
follows: —
"In determining the sub-division of the District into the suggested
new Wards the following considerations have been borne in
mind:—
"(1). That the population of the new Wards should be approximately
equal.
"The population of the District divided equally among 11 Wards
yields approximately about 13,000 persons to each Ward, and this is
so whether the Brent or Metropolitan areas be taken separately or
together.
" (2). That where there is a discrepancy in size of population, the
lesser population should be in Wards where there is greater room and
probability of expansion : and per contra where the area of a Ward is
completely built upon a relatively larger population should be
included.
"(3). That so far as practicable the population of each Ward
should be homogeneous as regards class.
"(4). That the watershed boundary should be co-terminous with