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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA.
Area (acres) 5,513
Population (Census, 1931) 23,646
Population (Mid-year, 1933) Registrar-General's
Estimate 28,730
Present estimated population at 4 1 persons
per house 30,745
Number of inhabited houses end of 1933 7,499
Rateable value £181,528
Sum represented by a penny rate Gross £757
Net (Est.) £692
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The Urban District of Hayes and Harlington is made
up of the Parishes of Hayes, Harlington and Cranford, and
was formed in 1930 by the addition of the Parishes of Harlington
and Cranford to the Urban District of Hayes. The
district was formerly noted for the excellence of the wheat
grown here, but every year sees the agricultural area
diminishing by reason of the rapid growth of building. The
sub-soil is clay in the north and east and gravel in the west,
and the height above sea level is about 100 feet. The highest
point is 182 feet at Charville Lane, and the lowest 70 feet at
Cranford sewage works.
The factories in the district are all of recent construction
having been built shortly before, during, or after the war.
The employees are drawn both from Hayes and from the
surrounding districts, while a number of the residents work
in outlying areas. A large number of workers arrive and
depart daily by train. The principal factories are engaged
in the manufacture of aircraft, gramophones, wireless receivers,
electrical transformers, woodwork, breeze blocks
wire netting, lubricating oils, chocolates, jam, cheese and in
colour printing.
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