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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Recent extensive experiments have proved that the only
domestic filters capable of removing all bacteria, are the PasteurChamberland
and the Berkefeld. The latter is cheap, easily
taken to pieces and cleaned. Charcoal cannot be too forcibly
condemned as a filtering medium; forming as it does with the
arrested organic matter, a veritable hotbed for the growth and
multiplication of the bacteria.
POPULATION.
In the middle of 1895, the population was calculated
to be 27,648, an estimated increase of 48 since the middle of
1894.
The following table shows the number of the population and the inhabited houses at the four preceding censuses.
| Year. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. |
|---|---|---|
| 1861. | 610 | 3,151 |
| 1871. | 1,568 | 8,306 |
| 1881. | 2,844 | 17,110 |
| 1891. | 4,084 | 24,207 |
BIRTHS.
The total number of births registered was 874, as against
834 in 1894, an increase of 40. The Birth rate is 31.6 per
thousand persons living, as against 30.2 in 1894.