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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Acton 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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(a) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute.
(b) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors
Examination Joint Board.
(c) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute for Inspectors of Meat
and other Foods.
(d) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute for Smoke Inspectors.
SECTION A
STATISTICS
GENERAL STATISTICS
Area (acres) 2,319
Population: Census, 1931 70,008
1951 67,424
Registrar General's Estimate Mid. 1953
Home Population 67,640
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1953 £871,244
Product of a penny rate for year ending 31st March, 1953 £3,562
General Rate in the £ at 31st March, 1953 19/-
Number of Inhabited Houses at 31st March, 1953 18,070
VITAL STATISTICS
(Comparable figures for 1952 in brackets)

Table: Live Births:

Live Births:

totalmalesfemales
Legitimate842 (916)437 (482)405 (434)
Illegitimate53 (54)31 (30). 22 (24)
Totals895 (970)468 (512)427 (458)

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Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population—13.23 (14.2).
Corrected birth rate per 1,000 estimated population—
12,30 (13.21).