§ 89. Mr. Keelingasked the Postmaster-General whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT particulars of the number of applications pending for connection to each of the Middlesex telephone exchanges, showing business and residential applications separately, and stating how soon in each case he expects to meet the demand, and by what means.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingI have arranged for publication in the OFFICIAL REPORT of the number of applications pending for connection to each of the 70 telephone exchanges serving the County of Middlesex. I regret that the remainder of the information asked for by the hon. Member is not readily available.
108WFollowing is the information:
NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR TELEPHONE SERVICE RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX Acorn 694 Archway 103 Arnold 1,000 Ashford 476 Barnet 781 Bowes Park 2,051 Bushey Heath 19 Byron 2,356 Chertsey 27 Chiswick 700 Colindale 1,562 Colnbrook 12 Corinthian (see Wembley) Cuffley 5 Denham 2 Ealing 1,374 Edgware 1,569 Elgar 178 Elstree 34 Enfield 1,634 Enterprise 753 Field End 784 Finchley 574 Gladstone 1,063 Grimsdyke 443 Hampstead 23 Harefield 12 Harrow 426 Hatch End 145 Hayes (including Minerva) 1,030 Hendon 481 Hillside 323 Hounslow 3,205 Howard 1,353 Kingston 381 Laburnum 385 Ladbrooke 186 Maida Vale 95 Meadway (see Speedwell) Mill Hill 690 Minerva (see Hayes) Molesey 530 Mountview 1,341 Northwood 90 Palmers Green 1,023 Perivale 1,017 Pinner 377 Popesgrove 1,350 Potters Bar 126 Rickmansworth 7 Ruislip 1,875 Shepherds Bush 456 Southall 1,075 South Mimms 3 Speedwell (including Meadway) 397 Staines 299 Stamford Hill 1,027 Sunbury 256 Tottenham 2,578 Tudor 921 Underhill 202 Uxbridge 1,020 Waltham Cross 147 Walton-on-Thames 199 Waxlow 1,568 Wembley (including Corinthian) 2,063 West Drayton 270 Willesden 315 Wordsworth 1,868 Wraysbury 1