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Clerks, Shorthand- Typists:
*Miss P. Ashton. (Resigned 24.7.48.)
Mrs. K. Jones.
Mrs. E. Richards. (Resigned 6.3.48.)
*Miss P. Mepham.
*Miss J. Greenhill.
*Miss B. Grimmer. (Appointed 5.1.48.)
*Miss J. M. Lane. (Appointed 23.2.48.)
Miss W. M. Stratton. (Appointed 30.8.48.)
*D. Champion.
*E. Stonestreet. (Returned from National Service 16.2.48.)
A. East. (Called up for H.M. Forces.)
B. J. Tolworthy. (Appointed 25.2.48.)
K. Keegan. (Appointed 26.7.48.)
Consulting Obstetrician :
J. W. Rait Bell, Esq., F.R.C.S.
Matron of the Isolation Hospital :
fMiss E. James, S.R.N., R.F.N.
Day Nurseries :
*No. 2 Day Nursery. Matron: Miss M. Parberry, S.R.N.
*No. 3 Day Nursery. Matron: Mrs. A. Jones, S.R.N.
*No. 4 Day Nursery. Matron: Mrs. F. Kroner, S.R.N.
* These officers were transferred to the Middlesex County Council on the 5th July, 1948, under
the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946.
J. W. Cronk, Chief Clerk, was retained on part-time basis to do 40% Borough Council duties and
60% County Council duties.
† The Matron of the Isolation Hospital was transferred to the North-West Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board on the 5th July, 1948.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH
Area (acres) : Land, 2,554-5. Water, 50. Total, 2,604 5.
Population—Registrar-General's estimate (Mid 1948) 56,130
Number of inhabitated houses according to Rate Book 14,291
Rateable value £418,692
Sum produced by a penny rate £1,70503s .4d.
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
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 108 acres
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.
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