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Southall 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH
| Area (Acres) | 2,607.762 |
| Population—1961 Census Year | 51,337 |
| Population—Registrar-General's estimate (mid 1963) | 53,960 |
| Number of inhabited houses according to the Rate Book at 31st March,1963 | 15,040 |
| Average number of occupants per house | 3.59 |
| Sum produced by a penny rate (1962/1963) | £4,223 |
| Rateable Value (31st March, 1963) | £1,038,322 |
| Parks and Open Spaces controlled by the Council:— | |
| Brent Meadow | 8.92 acres |
| Cranleigh Play Park | 2.00 acres |
| Dormers Wells Housing Site | 2.99 acres |
| Dudley Road Island | 0.13 acres |
| King George's Field | 22.48 acres |
| Football Ground, Western Road | 3.51 acres |
| Frogmore Green | 0.35 acres |
| Glade Lane | 27.93 acres |
| Havelock Road Open Space | 2.22 acres |
| Jubilee Park | 11.13 acres |
| Lady Margaret Road | 0.25 acres |
| Land at junction of Windmill Lane and Tentelow Lane | 0.48 acres |
| Land on west side of Cranleigh Gardens | 1.07 acres |
| Lea Road | 0.13 acres |
| North Road Island | 0.35 acres |
| Norwood Green | 7.25 acres |
| Queen's Road | 0.13 acres |
| Recreation Ground | 18.00 acres |
| Southall Municipal Sports Ground | 19.78 acres |
| Southall Park | 26.77 acres |
| Swimming Bath Site, Dormers Wells | 10.50 acres |
| The Manor House | 2.00 acres |
| West Middlesex Golf Course | 108.00 acres |
| Western Road | 0.17 acres |
| Wolf Fields | 3.33 acres |
| Wolf Green | 0.18 acres |
| Land to north-west of Kingsbridge Crescent | 0.12 acres |
| Land on north side of Spencer Street | 0.31 acres |
| Tentelow Lane Island Site | 0.25 acres |
| 280.73 acres |
Southall is a County District, compact in shape, being almost a square, with water
boundaries on three sides—the River Brent on part of the east, the Grand Union Canal and
the Yeading Brook on the west and the Grand Union Canal on part of the south. The
Borough is highly industrial, containing large factories for food processing and engineering,
and many smaller factories producing a great variety of semi-finished or finished products.
The development of the Borough has been rapid, mainly within the present century, and
so there has been little slum clearance to deal with, but there is still a good deal of substandard
housing, i.e. houses without baths or without hot water supply, and some without
indoor sanitary accommodation. The problem of multi-occupation of such houses by
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