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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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SECTION A.
General Statistics.
Area 2,317 acres.
Population Census 1931 70,510
Registrar General's estimate 1938 68,670
Rateable Value £822,522
(Sum represented by the product of a penny rate, £3,131).
General Rate in the £1 6/4d.
Extract from Vital Statistics.
Live Births.
Total (B.R.) M. F.
Legitimate 795 412 383
Illegitimate 48 21 27
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population—11.7.
Still Births.
Legitimate 31 19 12
Illegitimate 3 2 1
Deaths 656
Death rate per 1,000 inhabitants—10.1.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 29 and 50 of the Registrar
General's Short List).
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths (live & still) births
No. 29. Puerperal Sepsis 2 2.4
No. 30. Other Puerperal Causes 2 2.4
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 59
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 56
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 104