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 year1925
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For the year 1925.
Population 179,600
Area of Borough in Acres 2,291
Density of Population per Acre 78
Separate Houses or Self-contained Flats Inhabited 30,044
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 6.0
Number of Marriages 1,725
Number of Births 2,846
Birth Rate 15.8
Number of Deaths 2,368
Death Rate 13.2
Infantile Mortality:-
Deaths under 1 year 223
Infantile Deaths pep 1,000 Births 78
Maternal Mortality:—
Deaths of Women from Diseases or Accidents associated
with Childbirth 10
Maternal Death Rate 3.5
Deaths from Phthisis 134
Phthisis Death Rate 0.75
Deaths from all Forms of Tuberculosis 159
Tuberculosis Death Rate 0.89
Deaths from the Zymotic Diseases 82
Zymotic Death Rate 0.46
Product of a 1d. Rate(Gross) £11,011
Rateable Value £2,642,557