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Heston and Isleworth 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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very large, the extent of which may be demonstrated by the fact
that the amount of the loans under the Housing Acts at the end of
1925 amounted to £427,971. This estimate has a detrimental
effect on all the vital statistics, in that they appear larger than
they really should be owing to being based on a smaller population.
This however cannot be avoided in intercensal periods as the figures
throughout the Country must be taken on a uniform basis, and the
fact that our housing activities are producing a large inilux of
population, does not appear in the figures supplied to us by the
Registrar-General which are based on a definite mathematical basis
used uniformally.
The estimates of the net civil population given under two figures supplied by the Registrar-General, for the years 1921—1925
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Rate | 45,732 | 46,330 | 46,505 | 46,970 | 48,350 |
| Birth Rate | 47,290 | 47,850 | 48,030 | 47,700 | 48,620 |
The death-rate populations exclude all non-civilian males
whether serving at home or abroad; whilst the birth-rate (and
marriage-rate) populations include all the elements of the population
contributing to the birth and marriage rates and may be
represented by :—
Death-rate population plus the district's proportional share oi
all non-civilians enlisted from this country.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the district was 1,072, but
591 of these did not belong to the district, while 52 residents died
without the district. Thus the number of deaths properly attributable
to the district was 533. Adopting the basis of the population