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Heston and Isleworth 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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TOWN HALL,
HOUNSLOW,
February 20th, 1899.
To the Chairman and Members of the Heston and
Isleworth Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the following Report upon the
health and sanitary condition of the District of Heston and Isleworth during
the year 1898:—
Death Rate.
The Death Rate for the year, taking the estimated population to the
middle of the year as 29185 is 16.03 per 1000.
The death rates for the preceding five years were as follows:—
| 1897 | 13.55 |
| 1896 | 14.49 |
| 1895 | 17.24 |
| 1894 | 12.85 |
| 1893 | 17.28 |
In calculating the death rate for the year I have followed the usual course
taken in this District of omitting the deaths of non-residents which
have occurred in the Union Workhouse.
I have likewise omitted the deaths of the non-residents which took place
at the Mogden Isolation Hospital, these being included in the mortality
returns of the Borough of Richmond, but I have included the deaths of
residents of this District which have taken place at the Union as well as
the deaths of residents and non-residents which have occurred at the Cottage
Hospital, Barracks, Wyke House, and the following Homes: Nazareth
House, Gumley House and Gunnersbury House.
In order to show you what would be the effect, in calculating the
general death rate, of including or excluding the deaths of non-residents
occurring in this District, I would point out that it I had included the total
number of the deaths registered during the year the rate would have been