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The number of parliamentary electors in Acton since 1931
las been as follows :—
1932 48,126
1933 48,245
1934 48,228
1935 48,258
1936 48,813
The number of new houses erected during the last five
years were:—
1931-32 257
1932-33 188
1933-34 224
1934-35 134
1935-36 380
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
Although there has been no sudden or dramatic change in
the social conditions of the district, a gradual one has been in operation
for many years and the process still continues. It is only
when some event occurs which brings to mind the conditions which
obtained at the beginning of this century that we appreciate the
transformation which has taken place in the character of the neighbourhood.
Acton was a residential area, with are important industry;
the laundry industry was the only one which provided employment
for any considerable number of the inhabitants. The
other residents were mostly employed in London: the laundry industry
alone employed local labour : a far larger number of persons
left the district each morning for their employment in other areas
Chan arrived here for the same purpose. The night population was
a much larger one than the day population..
These conditions have entirely changed, and the district has
become industrialized ; there are still areas which are residential
and these only now form the dormitory of London workers. There
are now more people coming in to the district than go out ; the day
Population is higher than the night one.
It is impossible to assign a date to the origin of the change:
it is not an event it is a gradual process. It is in many respects
identical with the industrial revolution which in the late eighteenth
and early nineteenth century transformed the North of England
and the Midlands into industrial areas, and similar forces have been
in Operation here.