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Ealing 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATISTICS, 1926.
Population (Estimated, 1926) 91,783
Population (Census 1921) 89,697
Population (Census, 1911) 81,415
Area of Borough in Acres 7,055
Number of Structurally Separate Dwellings (1921) 18,497
Assessable Value (District Rate), October, 1926 £725,796
Net Produce of a Penny Rate £3,000
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1926.
Births:—
Legitimate Males, 648 Females, 583 Total, 1,231
Illegitimate Males, 20 Females, 34 Total, 54 12,285
Birth-rate 14.0
Deaths: Males, 460 Females, 529 Total 989
Death-rate (Crude) 10.8
Death-rate (Standardised) 10.1
Deaths of Infants under 1 year:—
Legitimate, Males, 35 Females, 29 Total, 64 71
Illegitimate Males, 3 Females, 4 Total, 7
Infant Death-rate per 1,000 Births:—
Legitimate, 52 Illegitimate, 130 Total 55
Total
Deaths
Death-rate
per 1,000
Population
Measles 5 0.05
Whooping Cough — —
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age, per 1,000 births) 5 3.89
Diphtheria 1 0.01
Scarlet Fever — —
Influenza 25 0.27
Tuberculosis of Lung 70 0.76
Other Forms of Tuberculosis 9 0.10
All Forms of Tuberculosis 79 0.86
Number of Women dying in or in consequence
of Childbirth:- Death-rate
per 1,000
births
From Sepsis 1 0.77
Other causes 3 2.33