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Acton 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Total number of births registered | 1,003 | |
| Legitimate | 959 | |
| Illegitimate | 44 | |
| Birth-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 15.4 | |
| Number of deaths | 694 | |
| Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 10.7 | |
| Number of women dying in consequence of childbirth— | ||
| Sepsis | 2 | |
| Other causes | 2 | |
| Maternity mortality per 1,000 births | 4 | |
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age :— | ||
| Legitimate | 50 | |
| Illegitimate | 5 | |
| Infantile mortality per 1,000 births | 55 | |
| Measles | 11 | 0.17 |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 0.06 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 0.1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | 0.0 |
| Influenza | 9 | 0.14 |
| Tuberculosis of lungs | 37 | 0.57 |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 11 | 0.17 |
| All forms of Tuberculosis | 48 | 0.74 |
POPULATION.
The Registrar General estimates the population at the end
of June, 1928 to be 64,870, an increase of 1,120 on the estimated
population of 1927.
It is always difficult to estimate a population in the
intercensal periods, and the longer the interval which has elapsed
since the Census, the less reliable are the estimates of a population.
As a rule the estimates of the Registrar General are
more correct than the local ones. This may seem surprising, as
the intimate knowledge of local facts should make the local
estimates more correct than those of the Registrar General. This
year the Registrar General has altered the procedure. In former
years the Registrar General has circulated usually in January, his
estimated population of the district on June 30th of the previous
year. When the estimates were published, individual local
authorities have forwarded to the Registrar General statistical
data, incidentally compiled in the course of local administration,
as evidence of population movements which should be taken into
account in estimating the population. Such material has usually
been furnished at so late a stage of the proceedings that it has
not been possible either to undertake any adequate investigation