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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1920.
Council Offices,
Acton, W.3.
April, 1921.
To the Chairman and. Members
of the Urban District Council of Acton.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the Annual Report on the work carried
out by the Public Health Department, together with the Vital
Statistics for the year 1920.
The Report has been arranged as to contents and arrangements
in accordance with the Memorandum of the Ministry of
Health. Some of the sections which were dealt with fully in last
year's Report are only lightly dealt with this year, unless the
conditions have materially changed.
Vital Statistics.
The most marked feature of the Vital Statistics has been
the increase in the birth-rate. The birth-rate for the year was
24 per 1,000 compared with 17.1 in 1919, and 14.5 per 1,000 in
1918.
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 25.4 per 1,000
and for the 96 Great Towns 26.2 per 1,000.
The death-rate—10.4 per 1,000—was exactly the same
as that of 1919. In 1919 it was stated that the death-rate was
the lowest on record for the district.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 12.4 per 1,000
and for the 96 Great Towns 12.5 per 1,000.
The Infantile Mortality was 64 per 1,000 births, which is
the lowest Infantile Mortality on record for the district. The
Infantile Mortality for England and Wales was 80 per 1,000 births
and for the 96 Great Towns 85.