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The estimated populations of these wards at the beginning of 1936 were
as follows:—
Waxlow Manor Ward 6,900
Northcote Ward 7,150
Hambrough Ward 8,050
Dormers Wells Ward 8,950*
Glebe Ward 10,250
Norwood Green Ward 7,800
* This includes the resident population of St. Bernard's Hospital (late Hanwell Menta
Hospital), which amounts to about 2,800.
The majority of the houses in the district are occupied by good-class
working people, chiefly engaged in the local factories and workshops. These
include food, jam and chemical works, engineering, hosiery, paint, dye and
wood works, laundries, etc. There are no trades carried on which are at
present scheduled as offensive trades.
Unemployment.
It is impossible to give an exact estimate of the amount of unemployment
in the district as for unemployment purposes the district is part of a slightly
larger area of Middlesex, and the figures are not kept distinct. The following
table, however, from statistics kindly supplied by the Manager of the Southall
Labour Exchange, shows the unemployment figures on days during different
months for this part of Middlesex:—