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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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7
DEATHS.
The number registered throughout the year was 478;
this includes 33 residents of Acton who died in Public Institutions
outside the Parish.
The annual death rate calculated upon a population of
27,648 was i7'2 per thousand, as against 14.2 in 1894.
The average death rate for London was 194 per
thousand, against 21.1, 20.3, 20.9 and 17.4 in the four preceding
years.
The following table shows the various ages at which death occurred in the District.
| Under 1 year | 147 | Under 5 | 197 |
| 1 year and under 5 | 50 | ||
| 5 „ „ 15 | 21 | Over 5 | 281 |
| 15 „ „ 25 | 20 | ||
| 25 „ „ 65 | 132 | ||
| 65 and upwards | 108 | ||
| 478 | 478 |
The following table compares the death rate of children
under one year per thousand registered births, and the birth rate
for the last nine years.