Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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(a) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute.
(b) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors
Examination Joint Board.
(c) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute for Inspectors of Meat
and other Foods.
(d) Certificate, Royal Sanitary Institute for Smoke Inspectors.
SECTION A
STATISTICS
GENERAL STATISTICS
Area (acres) 2,319
Population: Census, 1931 70,008
1951 67,424
Registrar General's Estimate Mid.—1956
Home Population 66,240
Rateable Value at 31st March, 1956 £1,589,461
Product of a penny rate for year ending 31st March, 1956 £3,627
General Rate in the £ at 31st March, 1956 22s. 2d.
Number of Inhabited Dwellings at 31st March, 1956 — 18,992
VITAL STATISTICS
(Comparable figures for 1955 in brackets)
TOTAL | MALES | FEMALES | |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 850 (808) | 449 (413) | 401 (395) |
Illegitimate | 65 (42) | 39 (17) | 26 (25) |
Totals | 915 (850) | 488 (430) | 427 (420) |
Birth rate per 1,000 estimated population—13.81 (12.75).
Corrected birth rate per 1,000 estimated population—
12.84 (11.85).