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GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH, 1950
Area in acres (including 116 acres of foreshore
of River Thames and 24 acres of inland water) 2,449*5
Population - Census 1931 62,617
Population - Registrar-General's Estimate for
area (mid 1950) 60,320
Population - Census 1951 59,354
Number of Inhabited Houses according to Rate
Book 15,269
Rateable Value at 1.4.1950 £702,992
Sum produced by 1d. Rate £2,835
The Borough is divided into nine Wards:
Brentford; Brentford East
Brentford West
Brentford Central
Chiswick: Chiswick Park
Grove Park
Bedford Park
Gunnersbury
Old Chiswick
Turnham Green.
The houses in the district are occupied by a mixed type
population including artisans, factory workers, clerical and
professional people of all grades, and the types of dwelling vary
from small working class property to detached residences of fair
size.
Some of the old property has deteriorated partly through age
and partly through effects of war damage to such an extent that it
will require to be demolished when the housing situation will allow.
The proportion of this type of home is not great.
The problem of overcrowding in the Borough while still
presenting some difficulties, is not of the very distressing nature
found in certain other parts of London. It will be noted that on
population figures the average number of persons per inhabited
house amounts to 4.
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