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Acton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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There was another reduction in the number of notifications of
Enteric Fever, and no death occurred from the disease.
The Public Health Tuberculosis Regulations, 1912, came into
force on February 1st, 1913, and, as a result, there was an increase
in the number of notifications of Tuberculosis. There is also a
higher death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis or Consumption
of the Lungs.
The work of the Laboratory has considerably increased, owing
largely to the examination of contacts prior to their return to
school. 1,528 specimens were examined during the year.
The routine inspection of dwelling houses has proceeded steadily,
and 594 house-to-house inspections were made, but some streets
have already required reinspection.
A number of houses in Shaftesbury Road, Junction Road, and
Stanley Road are let out in one and two-roomed tenements, and
it is only by frequent inspections that the premises are kept in a
fairly sanitary condition and overcrowding prevented.
The following is a summary of the vital statistics for the Year:—
| Estimated population | |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 25.3 |
| Death rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 11.55 |
| Phthisis death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 1. |
| Death-rate from other forms of Tuberculosis | |
| per 1,000 inhabitants | |
| Zymotic death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.24 |
| Respiratory death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | |
| Cancer death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | .9 |
| Infantile mortality per 1,000 births | 83. |
POPULATION, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, &c.
At the Census of 1911, the population of Acton was 57,497The
preliminary figure was 57,523, but subsequently it was revised.
It had been hoped that the final results of the Census would
have been published ere this, and deductions from the report could
have been made. Some of the figures have already been publishd,
and it probably will be advisable to include them here.
The following table gives the number of the different kinds of buildings,
together with the number of occupiers in each class of building:—