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The Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the
Urban District of Hayes, for the Year ending December, 1913.
To the Chairman and Members of the Hayes Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the Health and
Sanitary Condition of the Urban District of Hayes for the year 1913.
A.-NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area, 3311 acres, situated at from 85 to 169 feet above 6ea level. Rainfall
1913, 22.5 inches; surface somewhat flat.
The main road from London to Oxford passes practically along the highest
portion of the District. South of this road the subsoil is gravel with the water level
in winter in many places very near the surface; north of this road the subsoil is
generally clay. The District is mainly agricultural, but the southern portion
bordering the Great Western Railway and Grand Junction Canal is manufacturing;
this southern portion is developing very rapidly, new factories are in course of
erection and housing accommodation for the employees is progressing; the Botwell
House Estate is now being developed for building purposes. A large percentage of
the population is of the mechanical or labouring classes.
The District is divided into three Wards for Municipal Election purposes.
Population last Census, 4,261; estimated population middle of 1913, 4,750.
Amount of Poor Law Relief distributed during 1913, £251 19s. 2d. A small
Cottage Hospital supported by voluntary contributions treats annually 20 to 25
patients. There is also a District Nurse supported by voluntary contributions,