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In addition to the routine work of the Sanitary Department,
at the request of the Local Government Board, a systematic
inspection was made by the Inspectors of nearly 2,000 intercepting
traps. The results of this inspection are embodied in the report.
The year has been an exceptionally busy one for the Hospital
staff, and 50 patients from outside districts were admitted.
The following is a summary of the vital statistics for the year:
Estimated population: 53,000.
Birth-rate: 29 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Death-rate: 13.9 per 1000 inhabitants.
Infantile mortality: 130 per 1000 births.
Zymotic Death-rate: 1.3 per 1000 inhabitants.
Respiratory Death-rate (including Phthisis): 13 per 1,000 inhabitants.
Phthisis Death-rate: 1.2 per 1.ooo inhabitants.
Death-rate from other forms of Tuberculosis: 4 per 1000 inhabitants.
POPULATION.
Of the various methods of estimating the population of a
district in any particular year, the most reliable in the case of Acton
is based upon the number of new houses erected during the year.
But even this method is liable to considerable error. The number
of inhabitants in each house rose from 5.9 at the census of 1891 to
6.2 at the census of 1901. This increase was due to the fact that
houses formerly occupied by one family were converted into flats.
This process is still going on, and an average of 6.2 persons per
house is probably below that which obtains at the present time.
Between July 1st, 1906, and June 30th, 1907, 245 new buildings
were completed and occupied. Of these 218 were dwelling houses,
and distributed amongst the wards as follows:—