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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Southall 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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Table: The estimated populations of these wards at the beginning of 1936 were as follows :—

The estimated populations of these wards at the beginning of 1936 were as follows :—

Waxlow Manor Ward6,900
Northcote Ward7,150
Hambrough Ward8,050
Dormers Wells Ward8,950*
Glebe Ward10,250
Norwood Green Ward7,800

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* 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 110 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: Table No. 1

Table No. 1

1938.Men.Women.Total.
January 17th16998182517
February 14th15348082342
March 14th13887452133
April 4th12768882164
May 16th13299082237
June 13th12348322066
July 18th12377682005
August 15th11046781782
September 12 th10816101691
October 17 th12633791642
November 14th14404001840
December 12th13795401919