Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the yean 1924.
Population 178,700
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 77
Separate Houses or Self.contained Flats Inhabited 28,051
Separately occupied tenements in the Borough according to the Census
of 1921. (This number represents families or households separately
occupying their own rooms in 1921) 43,001
No. of mews dwellings 2,091
Houses intended for one family only, which are now occupied (without
having been specially adapted) by two or more families . 5,690
Persons per House 6.4
Number of Marriages 1,841
Number of Births 2,908
Birth Rate 16.2
Number of Deaths 2,332
Death Rate 13.0
Infantile Mortality:—
Deaths under 1 year 219
Infantile Deaths pet 1,000 Births . 75
Maternal Mortality :—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 5
Maternal Death Rate 1.7
Deaths from Phthisis 120
Phthisis Death Rate 0.67
Deaths from all Forms of Tuberculosis 149
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.83
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 143
Zymotic Death Rate 0.80
Product of a 1d. Rate (Gross) £10,908
Rateable Value £2,617,984