Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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SECTION V.
GENERAL SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND
ADMINISTRATION.
(1.) Houses and Housing Accommodation.
Mr. Hanson, the Rate Collector, informs me that the number of
houses in rating at the end of December, 1904, was 3,328, an increase
of 644 during the year.
The rapid growth of the District is illustrated by the following
table:-
Number of Inhabited Houses in District.
1891 | Census Return | 1,021 | 1898 | Rate Book | 1,634 | |||
1892 | „ „ | — | 1899 | „ „ | 1,790 | |||
1893 | Rate Book | 1,048 | 19OO | „ „ | 2,045 | |||
1894 | „ „ | 1,068 | 190I | Census Return | *1,911 | |||
189s | „ „ | 1,115 | 1902 | Rate Book | 2,536 | |||
1896 | „ „ | 1,291 | 1903 | „ „ | 2,684 | |||
1897 | „ „ | 1,425 | 1904 | „ „ | 3,328 | |||
Year. | Total. | West Ward. | East West. | |||||
1901 | 1,911 | 1,029 | 882 | |||||
1902 | 2,536 | 1,338 | 1,198 | |||||
1903 | 2,684 | 4,439 | 1,245 | |||||
1904 | 3,328 | 1,810 | 1,518 |
* At the time of the Census a large number of houses (259) were unoccupied owing to
depression of trade in the district.