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Ealing 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE I.
| England and Wales | 107 Great Towns (including London) | London | Ealing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate | 16.7 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 14.1 |
| Death-rate | 12.3 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 10.5 |
| Infant Death-rate | 69 | 71 | 59 | 56 |
| Measles Death-rate | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough Death-rate | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.06 |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years per 1,000 Births) | 6.3 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 3.7 |
| Diphtheria Death-rate | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever Death-rate | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Influenza Death-rate | 0.57 | 0.49 | 0.39 | 0.47 |
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
The population of the whole area in the middle of 1927, as
estimated by the Registrar-General, was 93,220. During the year
the natural increase in the population, which is the excess of births
over deaths, was 242.
At the Census of 1921 the total population for the area was
89,697.
The Census returns for 1921 indicate that there were 18,497
structurally separate dwellings occupied in the area now included
in the Borough, that there were 111,282 rooms occupied and that
there were 1.24 rooms per person.
The area of the Borough is 7,055 acres, and the density of
population, or number of persons per acre, is therefore 13.2.
The Birth-rate is low compared with the rates for England
and Wales and for London, which are 16.7 and 16.1 respectively.
The number of births assigned to the whole of the area was 1,321,
which gives a birth-rate of 14.1 per thousand of population. This
is just slightly over the rate recorded for the Borough in the previous
year.