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Population.—The Registrar-General has estimated the
population of the Borough at the middle of 1933 to be 128,800,
which constitutes an increase of 6,100 compared with his estimate
of the population at the middle of 1932. The birth-rates and
death-rates that are contained in this Report are calculated on
this estimated population.
The Registrar-General has taken into account the rapid
growth of the Borough in recent years in estimating that within
two years of the last census of population, which was made in
April, 1931, the population of the Borough has increased by 9.4
per cent, from 117,707 to 128,800. A summary of the report of
the 1931 Census as regards the Borough of Ealing was contained
in the Annual Report for last year.
Social Conditions.—The suffering occasioned by the serious
trade depression throughout the country has only lightly been
experienced in Ealing. There have, of course, been numerous
cases of hardship through prolonged unemployment, but there
has not been the widespread poverty and distress found in the
unfortunate industrial communities. The numbers of unemployed
men of 21 years and over, resident in the Borough, on the registers
of the local Employment Exchanges provide proof of the decrease
which took place in unemployment during 1933. Returns furnished
by the Managers of the local Employment Exchanges to the Borough
Surveyor show that in
January 2,535 men were on the registers
April 1,891 ditto
September 1,317 ditto
December 1,298 ditto