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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area in acres 6,300
Population, 1938 (Midsummer)—
Estimated by Registrar-General 118,800
Population (Census) 1931—
Wembley 48,561
Kingsbury 16,636
65,197
Percentage increase of population since 1931
(census year) 82.2
Estimated number of inhabited houses at end of
1938 29,900
Rateable value—31st December, 1938 £1,353,511
Sum represented by the product of a Penny Rate
(estimated) £5,300
Industries.—No material change occurred in the social conditions
of the area during the year.
The industries in Wembley may be grouped as follows:-
Engineering processes, Machinery making and repairing—
Electrical and radio machinery—Motor-car engineering—
Foundries, Metal works, Construction and building materials—
Food manufacturers, milk treatment, ice factories—Clothing
factories—Furniture, Upholstery, Glass, Cork making—Printing,
Photography and such—Laundries, Dry cleaning—Sign writing
and such—Paper goods—Amusements and sports equipment—
Rubber works—Chemical and gas processes.