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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 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: VITAL STATISTICS. SUMMARY.

VITAL STATISTICS. SUMMARY.

Area of District2,304 acres
Rateable Value£277,153
Net Value of a Penny Rate£856.11s
Population at middle of last year49,680
Population in 1901 Census37,744
Persons per acre in the District21.5
Average number of persons per house 1901 census6..
Death Rate 19038.6
Average Death Rate for previous ten years14.7
Zymotic Death Rate 19031.0
Average Death Rate for previous ten years2.6
Biith Rate 190328.6
Average Birth Rate for previous ten years30.4
Infant Death Rate (under one year old) per thousand births 1903105.4
Infant Death Rate Average for previous ten years per 1,000 births174.3

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VITAL STATISTICS.
The Following Table gives the Vital Statistics of the whole
District during 1903 and previous years:—