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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
Area (acres): Land, 2,554.5. Water, 50. Total, 2,604 5.
Population—Registrar-General's estimate -
Number of inhabited houses according to Rate Book -
Rateable value £419,320
Sum produced by a penny rate £1,599
The Council control the following parks and open spaces:—
Southall Park 26 acres.
Recreation Ground 18 acres.
Manor House Grounds 2 acres.
Norwood Green 7.25 acres.
Frogmore Green .35 acre.
Wolf Green .18 acre.
Wolf Fields 3.33 acres.
Southall Municipal Sports Ground 20 acres.
Jubilee Park 11.13 acres.
Durdans Park 29.5 acres.
Viaduct Field 4.22 acres.
Dairy Meadow 6.21 acres.
Swimming Bath Site 10.5 acres.
West Middlesex Golf Course 136.16 acres.
I am indebted to Mr. J. B. Thomson, the Engineer and Surveyor, for the above
information.
For general administrative purposes and for the main statistical purposes of this
report the district is divided into six Wards with boundaries as detailed in previous
annual reports.
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:—

It is probable that Southall accounts for just about seven-eighths of the totals.
It will be noticed that the highest total occurred in January and the lowest in December.
The average is lower than it was for 1940 (98 against 806).
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