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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
medical officer of health
FOR THE YEAR 1924.
Municipal Offices,
Acton, W.3.
May, 1925.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough 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 1924.
As far as possible, the tables have been arranged in a manner
similar to the arrangement in previous years.
The birth-rate is again lower than that of 1923, and is now
below the general birth-rate for England and Wales.
The death-rate is higher than that of 1923, and is the highest
for the district since 1918. A higher death-rate has been general
throughout the whole of the kingdom, and the rate here is below
that of England and Wales.
The Infantile Mortality is again lower, and constitutes a
record for the district.
The Tubercular death-rate, and the death-rate from Consumption
are also lower, but there is a very marked increase in the number
of deaths from Cancer.
The following Table is a summary of the birth-rate and the
death-rate from some of the principal causes of death:—
Population. 02,980
Birth-rate 18.4 per 1000 inhabitants.
Death-rate, all causes 11.2 „ „ „
Zymotic death-rate .46 ,, „ ,,
Tubercular death-rate .89 ,, ,, ,,
Death-rate from Consumption or Pulmonary
Tuberculosis .74 ,, „ ,,
Cancer death-rate 1.4 „ „ ,,
Infantile Mortality 56 per 1000 births.