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Southall 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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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 included the resident population of St. Bernard's Hospital (late Hanwell Mental
Hospital), which amounted 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 :—

Table No. 1.

1937.Men.Women.T otal.
January 4th10694121481
February 2nd12095861795
March 1st10974231520
April 5th10974421539
May 3rd8804731353
June 7th8464611307
July 5th7884171205
August 2nd7863111097
September 7th7612511012
October 5th8172931110
November 1st10564241480
December 6th13346271961