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Acton 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Population . I estimate the population at the middle of 1893 to be about 26,000. The following table shows the number of population and inhabited houses at the four preceding censuser.
| Year. | Inhabited houses. | Population. |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | 610 | 3,151 |
| 1871 | 1,568 | 8,306 |
| 1881 | 2,844 | 17,110 |
| 1891 | 4,084 | 24,207 |
The number of deaths registered throughout the district
was 451, in addition to this there were 35 deaths of residents belonging
to the district who died in public institutions outside the
district, making altogether 486.
The population being reckoned at 26,000 in the middle of
the year, the death rate calculated on this basis would be 18.6 per
thousand, as against 17 per thousand last year.
I see that the average death rate for London during the
year has been 20.9.
If we consider what a large population of poor people we
have residing in one district of the Parish, and the number of poor
children that died during the summer of diarrhœa and sickness, I
think, that we need hardly consider this a high rate. If we did
not include the 35 deaths which occurred in public institutions, the
death rate would be 16 per thousand.
A great many districts do not include these deaths although
they no doubt ought to, and probably will be found to do so much
more than they do at present. The 486 deaths comprised 228
males and 258 females, inclusive of 21 males and 14 females, who
applied in public institutions. There have been 18 inquests,