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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Summary.
Area of District 2,304 acres
Rateable Value £293,911
Net Value of a Penny Rate ,£944 2s. 8d.
Population at Middle of the Year 52,358
Population in 1901 Census 37.744
Persons per Acre in the District 227
Average Number of Persons per House
1901 Census 6.1
Death-rate 1904 11.0
Average Death-rate for previous 10 years 13.9
Zymotic Death-rate 1904 2.19
Average Zymotic Death-rate for previous
10 years 2.3
Birth-rate 1904 27.69
Average Birth-rate for previous 10 years 30.0
Infantile Death-rate (under one year old
per 1,000 Births) 1904 142.7
Infantile Death-rate Average for previous
10 years 163.4