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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1931.
Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
Acton, W.3.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Acton.
Mrs. Barnes and Gentlemen,
I herewith submit the Annual Report required by the Ministry
of Health, together with the Annual Report on the School Medical
Services.
The estimated population is that of the Registrar General
for the middle of the year 1931. It is, of course, based upon the
figures obtained at last year's census.
The birth-rate is considerably lower than that given in the
report for 1930, but that is principally due to the corrected population.
In last year's report the figures were based upon a much
lower estimated population. Apart from this, though, the actual
number of births is lower than that of 1930. The birth-rate last
year was the lowest recorded for the district.
The death-rate is slightly higher than that of 1930, but I
have explained in previous reports that an apparently higher
death-rate must be expected owing to the altered and altering
age-distribution of the population. The increased number of
deaths has occurred among the older persons. The death-rate at
ages under 65 years of age, is, with one exception lower than in
any previous year.
The infantile mortality is also higher, but an infantile mortality
of 60 per 1,000 births is, on the whole, satisfactory for a district
such as Acton is.