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MANOR HOUSE,
SOUTHALL.
May, 1935.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Urban District Council of Southall-Norwood.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my first Annual Report (the thirty-eighth
of the series) on the health and sanitary circumstances of the district.
The population of the Urban District, as estimated by the Registrar
General to mid-1934, is 46,680 which shows an estimated increase for the year
of 1,900 as compared with an estimated increase in the previous year of 3,250.
Part of this increase is due to the natural increase, that, is the excess of births
over deaths, which in 1934 amounted to 409, and part of it is due to the excess
of those taking up residence in the district over those leaving the district.
Approximately 900 new houses were occupied during the year and
it is possible that the Registrar General's estimate of the increase in the
population may be somewhat short of the actual increase. It was at one
time suggested that a census should be taken this year (half-way along the
ordinary inter-censual period), an action which would be of more benefit
in the case of a growing district like this than in the case of a district where
the population is more stable, but mainly for reasons of economy the idea was
abandoned.
As is pointed out in greater detail later in this report, on April 1st,
1934, there was an alteration in the district boundaries made under a scheme
prepared by the County Council under the Local Government Act of 1929.
This resulted in a small area being added to the district from Ealing at the
extreme north end and a small area being transferred from the district to
Heston on the south side of the canal at North Hyde. The difference in
population at the time of the change was insignificant (see Note 1 on page 12)
but shortly there will be a considerable number of new houses erected on the
additional land at the north of the district with a consequent additional
population and need for social services.
The vital statistics show that in 1934 the Birth Rate was 16.25 per
1,000 population (against 15.74 in 1933 and 17.16 in 1932), the crude Death
Rate was 7.49 per 1,000 population (against 8.64 and 8.1) and the Infant
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