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Acton 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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5
POPULATION.
In the middle of 1898, the number of inhabited houses was 5,427;
allowing as usual six persons for every occupied house, the population is
32,562, an estimated increase of 930 compared with 1897.

Table: The following table shows the number of the population and the inhabitated houses at the four preceding censuses:—

The following table shows the number of the population and the inhabitated houses at the four preceding censuses:—

Year.Inhabited Houses.Population.
1861.6103,151
1871.1,5688,306
1881.2,84417,110
1891.4,08424,207

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BIRTHS.
The total number registered was 995 (475 boys, 520 girls).
The birth-rate per 1,000 persons living was 30.5

Table: The following table shows the births since 1890:—

The following table shows the births since 1890:—

Year.Number of Births.
1890.704
1891.772
1892.763
1893.831
1894.834
1895.874
1896.894
1897.973
1898.995

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Birth-rate for London 29.5 per 1,000 persons living.
MORTALITY.
General Mortality.— There were 507 deaths registered of parishioners
who were resident in the Parish, and 10 of parishioners who died in
Public Institutions outside the Parish, making a total of 517 deaths.