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Brentford Urban District Council.
ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1908.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Brentford Urban District Council. April 1st, 1909.
Gentlemen.
I beg to present my report upon the health and sanitary
condition of the Brentford Urban Sanitary District for the year
1908.
POPULATION.
I estimate the population for the whole district at the end of
June to be 16,194, and of the several ecclesiastical districts into
which it is divided. I allot to St. George's with St. James' 4919,
to St. Paul's 9277, and to New Brentford 1998. Thus the population
of Old Brentford is 14,196, and New Brentford 1998.
BIRTHS.
The number of births has been 464, of which 234 were males
and 230 females. The birth rate is 28.6 per thousand, which is 3.7
lower than last year, and 4.8 lower than the average of the last 10
years, in fact it is the lowest birth rate for many years.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths occurring in Brentford during the year
has been 174, of which 87 were males and 87 females. In St.
George's 47, St. Paul's 100, and New Brentford 27. The death
rate in the three districts respectively is St. George's 9.5, St. Paul's
10.7, and New Brentford 13.5. The Cottage Hospital is in New
Brentford where 2 deaths occurred, and the Isolation Hospital is in
St. George's where I am happy to say no death took place during
the year. The death rate for the whole district is 10.7 per thousand
which is 3.2 lower than last year, and 5.1 lower than the average of
the last 10 years, and also the lowest I have ever recorded.