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BOROUGH OF WEMBLEY.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the year 1938.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough.
Mr. mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a report on the Health and Sanitary
Circumstances of the Borough for the year, 1938.
The Report is drawn up according to Circular 1728 of the
Ministry of Health.
In this Report the Public Health work recorded is that of
a Borough which, within the space of a few years, has become
one of the great towns in the outer London ring. Of the 126
County Boroughs and great towns Wembley is the 46th. Of the
83 County Boroughs in England and Wales, only 36 have a
population greater than that of Wembley—47 having a less
population. The Borough is, in population, the sixth of the 26
local authorities within the County of Middlesex. Since the
Census year (1931) the population as estimated by the Registrar
General has increased by 82.2 per cent. The estimate of
118,800, however, relates to Midsummer, 1938, and was then,
probably, an under estimate.
The activities recorded show the endeavour of a Local
Authority to maintain the possibilities of all the natural
amenities with which their district was gifted in the first place.
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