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Decennial Period.
1896-1905
1906-1915
1916-1925
Infantile Mortality Rate.
120.5
82.0
56.7
With the excellent train and bus services with
which the district is served, and also the construction of
the new arterial road at Kenton, the district is
developing very rapidly, especially in the Kenton area.
The Registrar General's estimated population of 13,970,
an increase of only 531 since the taking of the last
census, would appear to be well below the actual figure.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE
AREA.
Area (in acres) 1061.
Population (Census 1921, and estimated
1925 (1921) 13,439.
(1925) 13,970.
Number of inhabited houses (1921) 2,854.
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1921) 3,095.
Rateable value £98,086 17s. 6d.
Sum represented by a penny rate £400.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL
CHARACTER OF AREA.
Wealdstone is situated in the N. West of Middlesex,
and is just over eleven miles by road from London. The
town is on the main line of the London Midland and
Scottish Railway, and is served with an excellent train
service. The subsoil is of clay on which is a thin layer of
loam. The height above sea level is about 181 feet. The
average rainfall during the past five years has been 24.99
inches. The population consists chiefly of the artisan
class, the bulk of whom are employed in the neighbourhood,
whilst a large proportion of the outlying areas are
purely residential in character.
Chief among the industries of the district are:—
Printing Works, Photographic Works, Brush Making
Works, Cabinet Works, and Glass Works.
There is no form of occupation locally which has
any direct bearing on health.