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Ealing 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| Population (Estimated middle of 1928) | 98,660 |
| Population (Estimated end of 1928) | 100,250 |
| Population (Census, 1921) | 89,697 |
| Population (Census, 1911) | 81,415 |
| Area of Borough in Acres | 9,135 |
| Number of Structurally Separate Dwellings (1921) | 18,497 |
| Assessable Value (District Rate), October, 1928 | £804,662 |
| Net Produce of a Penny Rate | £3,353 |
| Births :— | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | Males, 693 | Females, 711 | Total, | 1,404 | |
| Illegitimate | Males, 43 | Females, 25 | Total, | 68 1,472 | |
| Birth-rate | 14.9 | ||||
| Deaths : | Males,463 | Females, 571 | Total | 1,034 | |
| Death-rate (Crude) | 10.5 | ||||
| Death-rate (Standardised) | 9.6 | ||||
| Deaths of Infants under 1 year :— | |||||
| Legitimate : | Males, 3 | Females, 25 | Total, | 56 | |
| illegitimate : | Males,4 | Females, 1 | Total, | 561 | |
| Infant Death-rate per 1,000 Births :— | |||||
| Legitimate, 40 | Illegitimate, 74 | Total | 41 | ||
| Total Deaths | Death-rate per 1,000 Population | ||||
| Measles | 4 | 0.04 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 0.04 | |||
| Diphtheria | 7 | 0.07 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Influenza | 9 | 0.09 | |||
| Tuberculosis of Lung | .62 | 0.63 | |||
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 14 | 0.14 | |||
| All Forms of Tuberculosis | 76 | 0.77 Death-rate per 1,000 births | |||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 | 2.7 | |||
| Number of Women dying in or in consequence of Childbirth :— | |||||
| From Sepsis | 2 | 1.4 | |||
| Other causes | 6 | 4.1 | |||