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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (acres) : Land, 2554.5 Water, 50. Total 2,604.5
Population—Registrar General's estimate—mid-1934 *46680
Number of inhabited houses according to Rate Book 11839
Rateable value £356,401
Sum produced by a penny rate £1,450
See Note 1 page 12.
The Urban District of Southall-Norwood is traversed by the main road
from London to Oxford and is about nine miles from the Marble Arch. It
is roughly triangular in shape and is bounded on the east and north by the
Borough of Ealing, on the west by the Urban District of Hayes and Harlington,
and on the south by the Borough of Heston and Isleworth. The
greatest length of the district from north to south is 2.8 miles and the greatest
breadth is 3.1 miles.
As the result of an Order of the Minister of Health, the following
alteration of the boundaries of the District was effected as and from the 1st
April, 1934 : the area was extended by the addition thereto of 58.17 acres
from the Ealing District, .17 acres from the Hayes and Harlington District
and .65 acres from the Heston and Isleworth District, while on the other hand
29.49 acres were transferred to the Heston and Isleworth District. This
resulted in an addition to the acreage of the District of 29.50 acres.
The soil is mainly gravel, overlaid with clay and brick earth.
The highest point in the district is at the Water Tower in Allenby
Road, and is 143 feet above ordnance datum ; the lowest point is at the
Sewage Disposal Works and is 32 feet above ordnance datum.
The avearge rainfall over a period of nineteen years is 23.02 inches
per annum. The rainfall during 1934 was 16.63 inches.
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