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To the Chairman and Members of the Brentford District Council
Annual Report, 1894.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my annual report upon the health and sanitary condition of the
Brentford Urban Sanitary District for the year 1894.
Population—For the middle of the year 1894, I estimate the population of
Brentford at 14,302, which is an increase of 168 over 1893, and of the several ecclesiastical
districts into which it is divided my estimate is as follows—St George's
with St. James' 4767. St. Paul's 7488. New Brentford 2047.
Births—The number of births during the year has been 474, of which 239 were
males and 235 females. The birth rate is 33.1 per thousand which is 2.4 lower than
last year and 5.7 lower than the average of the last 10 years. It will be seen on referring
to the table on page 3 that the birth rate is steadily decreasing.
Deaths—The number of deaths during the year has been 221, 117 males and
104 females, in St. George's 77, in St. Paul's 108, in New Brentford 36. The death
rate is 15.4 per thousand, which is 3.2 lower than last year and 2.9 lower than the
average of the last 10 years and is the lowest death rate for 10 years. This year as
in previous years the mortality was very high in July.
The principal causes of death have been from—
Bronchitis 27
Phthisis 25
Heart Disease 12
There have been 17 Inquests held. Death resulted from natural causes in 8 of
these, 3 died from suffocation, 2 from scalds and burns, 2 from drowning and 2 were
run over. 5 newly born infants were returned as non-certified.
The following table epitomises the ages at which the deaths occurred:
Deaths under 1 year 77
,, from 1 year and under 5 36)
113 under 5 years
„ „ 5 years „ 15 11
„ „ 5„ „ 25 11
„ „ 25 „ „ 60 47
,, over 60 „ 39
108 over 5 years.
5 of these deaths occurred in persons between 80 and 90 and 2 were over 90 years.
The next table shows the distribution of the mortality in the 3 districts of the town
during the last 10 years .
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
Total.
St. George's
17.3
28
16.3
18.1
16.7
19.8
18.3
22.1
16.2
16.1
18.9
St. Paul's
17.5
21
16.2
17.4
18.8
18.1
17.2
20.3
18.9
14.4
17.9
New Brentford
16.1
16.5
17.3
20
14
22.5
22.2
21.3
22.8
17.5
19