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Heston and Isleworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1924.
Population—
| At the Census, 1921 | 46,729 | |||
| Registrar-General's estimate of nett Civil population | 47,700 (Birth rate) | |||
| 46,970 (Death rate) | ||||
| Births— | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Legitimate | 418 | 400 | 818 | |
| Illegitimate | 15 | 10 | 25 | |
| Birth rale (nett) | ... | 17.67 | ||
| Deaths— | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| 262 | 245 | 507 | ||
| Death rate (nett) | ... | 1079 | ||
Number of women dying in, or in from sepsis 1
consequence of, childbirth from other causes nil.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—
Legitimate 5623 Illegitimate 200
Infantile Mortality Rate 60.5
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 14
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 5
Area 6,893 acres.
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1921) 8,790
„ of families or separate occupiers (1921) 9,893
Rateable value £236,958
Sum represented by a penny rate £958
I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Clerk to the Brentford Guardians, for information respecting the amounts paid in money and kind as out-relief to poor persons within the Parishes of Heston and Isleworth during the years 1923—1924:—
| 1923. | 1924. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Parish of Heston | 1825 | 8 | 7 | 2156 | 10 | 1 |
| Parish of Isleworth | 4081 | 16 | 2 | 4852 | 15 | 8 |
| £5907 | 4 | 9 | £7009 | 5 | 9 | |