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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 i-o parts
per million at the shallow end, and 0-7 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 one, the attendance varies to a great extent according
to weather conditions. During 1952, the total number of persons using the bath was
42,683. The average number of persons attending per day (wet or fine) was 279. The
maximum number at any one session was 500.
HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHER AUTHORITIES
North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
Through the Uxbridge Group Management Committee this authority maintains two
hospitals in Southall, Southall-Norwood Hospital (30 beds) for treatment of general medical
and surgical cases and casualties, Mount Pleasant Hospital (50 beds) for the treatment of
male patients suffering from tuberculosis.
St. Bernard's Hospital is managed by its own committee and is for the reception of
cases of mental and nervous disorders, it has 2,421 beds and takes patients from an extensive
area, comprising parts of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Middlesex, including the Borough
of Southall. Voluntary, temporary and certified patients of all types are admitted, and all
modern forms of treatment are carried out.
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