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Ealing 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATISTICS, 1923.
Population (Estimated 1923) 68,120
Population (Census, 1921) 67,755
Population (Census, 1911) 61,222
Area of Borough in Acres 2,946
Number of Structurally Separate Dwellings (1921) 14,967
Rateable Value £575,400
Net Produce of a Penny Rate £2,330
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1923.
Births:
Legitimate Males, 531 Females, 482 Total, 1,013
Illegitimate Males, 19 Females, 28 Total 47
1,060
Birth-rate 15.6
Deaths: Males, 314 Females, 411 Total 725
Death-rate 10.6
Deaths of Infants under 1 Year:
Legitimate:— Males, 26 Females, 27 Total, 53
Illegitimate:— Males, 5 Females, 4 Total, 9
62
Infant Death-rate per 1,000 Births:
Legitimate, 52.3 Illegitimate 191.5
Total
58
Total
Deaths
Death-rate
per 1000
Population
Measles... ... ... ... ... — 0.00
Whooping Cough ... ... ... 7 0.10
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age, per 1,000 births) 3 2.8
Diphtheria ... ... ... ... 6 0.09
Scarlet Fever ... ... ... ... 1 0.01
Influenza ... ... ... ... 11 0.16
Tuberculosis of Lung ... ... ... 60 0.88
Other Forms of Tuberculosis ... ... 10 0.14
All Forms of Tuberculosis ... ... ... 70 1.03