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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1933.
Public Health Department,
Municipal Offices,
Acton, W.3.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Acton.
Ladies 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 Annual Report has followed the lines outlined in Circular
1346 of the Ministry of Health issued on the 2nd October, 1933.
Area.—There was no change in the boundaries of tha
Borough during the year, and the area is the same as that of previous
years, viz.:—2,305 acres.
Rateable Value.—The rateable value of the district on
October 1st, 1933, was £730,040, and the sum represented by a
penny rate was £2,880 13s. 10d. (year ending 31st March, 1933).
The number of inhabited houses, according to the Rate Books
at the 31st March, 1933 was 16,060.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.—The following table gives
the extracts from the vital statistics required by the Ministry of
Health
Total. M. F.
Live Births. Birth-rate per
Legitimate 846 446 400 1,000 of estimated
Illegitimate 40 23 17 population—12.6
886 469 417