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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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A. S. M. Pratt, Barrister-at-Law; Chief Clerk.
(On War Service).
Miss M. Willy, Clerk.
Mrs. J. M. Jeffery, Clerk.
Miss M. G. Pears, Clerk.
Miss D. Beezley, Clerk. ,
Miss J. Watts, Clerk.
Miss F. A. Cavendish, Matron, Day Nursery.
G. H. J. Saunders, Disinfector (On War Service.)
SECTION A.
General Statistics.
Area 2,317 acres.
Population Census 1931 70,510
Registrar General's Estimate 1942 53,660
Rateable Value £823,065
(Sum represented by the product of a penny rate, £3,283).
General Rate in the £. 6/4d.
Extract from Vital Statistics.
Live Births—
Total M. F.
Legitimate 839 429 410
Illegitimate 60 32 28
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population—16.7.
Still Births—
Legitimate 27 11 16
Illegitimate 3 3 —
Deaths—619.
Death rate per 1,000 inhabitants—11.5.