View report page

For general administration purposes and for the main statistical purposes of this report,
the district is divided into six wards, Waxlow Manor, Northcote, Hambrough, Dormers
Wells, Glebe and Norwood Green.
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, medical and toilet preparations, paint, dye, and wood works, laundries,
etc. There are no trades carried on which are at present scheduled as offensive trades.
Southall Borough Council maintains a swimming bath situated in the Recreation
Ground, Southall, which is one of the public parks. The surface area of the bath is 3,600
square feet (120 feet by 30 feet), cubic capacity 16,500 cubic feet (110,000 gallons). The
water is treated by break point chlorination, and a normal chlorine content of 10 parts per
million at the shallow end, and 07 at the deep end is maintained. During peak periods this
is increased to 4 0 parts per million at the shallow end in order to obtain 2.0 parts per million
at the deep end. Three samples of the water are taken daily by the staff for chlorine testing.
As this bath is an open air one, the attendance is affected to a great extent by weather conditions.
During 1950, the total number of persons using the bath was 30,287. The average
number of persons attending per session (wet or fine) was 50. The maximum number at
any one session was 500.
HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
Through its Uxbridge Group this Authority maintains two hospitals in Southall. The
Southall-Norwood Hospital (30 beds) for treatment of general medical and surgical cases
and casualties, and Mount Pleasant Hospital (50 beds) for the treatment of male patients
suffering from tuberculosis.
County Council of Middlesex—Health Department
The County Council of Middlesex is the Local Health Authority under the National
Health Service Act, 1946, and provides the following services in the Borough.
(a) Care of Mothers and Young Children.
Post-Natal Clinics At Jubilee Gardens and at Manor House. Manor House Clinics were transferred to
North Road and Featherstone Road School Clinics in September, 1951.
Ante-Natal Clinics Infant Welfare Clinic
Diphtheria Immunisation Clinics
Ultra-Violet Light Clinics
7