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Heston and Isleworth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1926. *

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1926. *

Population—- At the Census, 1921 46,664
Registrar-General's Estimate of nett52,110 (Birthrate)
Civil population51,240 (Death rate)
Births—Male.Female.Total.
Legitimate432436868
Illegitimate162238
Birth rate (nett)17.38
Deaths—Male.Female.Total.
259241500
Death rate (corrected)9.08
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirthfrom sepsis 1 from other causes 1
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births-
Legitimate 53Illegitimate131.6
Infantile Mortality Rate56.29
Deaths from Measles (all ages)10
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)2
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)5
Area6,851 acres.
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1921)8,790
„ of families or separate occupiers (1921)9,893
Rateable value£310,230
Sum represented by a penny rate£1,186

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Poor Law Relief.

Table: I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Cerk 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 1'925—1.926 :—

I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Cerk 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 1'925—1.926 :—

1925.1926.
Parish of Heston1996631611188
Parish of Islewofth4759116¾4280011
£6755179358911.97