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Heston and Isleworth 1927

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

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1927.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1927.

Population—
At the Census, 192146,664
Registrar-General's Estimate of nett55,870 (Birth rate)
Civil population54,910 (Death rate)
Births—Male.Female.Total.
Legitimate445420865
Illegitimate221133
Birth rate (nett)16.07
Deaths—Male.Female.Total.
294337631.
Death rate (corrected)10.69
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirthfrom sepsis2
from other causes2

Table: Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—

Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—

Legitimate 67.05 Illegitimate90.9
Infantile Mortality Rate67.93
Deaths from Measles (all ages)Nil.
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)6
„ Diarrhcea (under 2 years of age)1
Area6,851 acres.
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1921)8,790
„ of families or separate occupiers (19'21)9,893
Rateable value£320,029
Sum represented by a penny rate£1,293

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Poor Law Relief.

Table: I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Clerk to the Brentford Guardians, for information respecting the amounts paid i?i money and kind as out-relief to poor persons within the Parishes of Heston and Iselworth during the years 1926-1927 : —

I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Clerk to the Brentford Guardians, for information respecting the amounts paid i?i money and kind as out-relief to poor persons within the Parishes of Heston and Iselworth during the years 1926-1927 : —

1926.1927.
£s.d.£s.d.
Parish of Heston1611188579933½
Parish of Isleworth4280011
£5891197£5W933½