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Ealing 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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| England and Wales | 107 Great Towns (including London) | London | Ealing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate | 16.3 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 14.7 |
| Death-rate | 13.4 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 11.3 |
| Infant Death-rate | 74 | 79 | 70 | 48 |
| Measles Death-rate | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Whooping Cough Death-rate | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.16 |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years per 1,000 Births) | 8.1 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 3.9 |
| Diphtheria Death-rate | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Scarlet Fever Death-rate | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Influenza Death-rate | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 0.88 |
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
The Registrar-General has estimated the population at the
middle of the year as 104,000. This number however is likely to
be an under-estimate, as owing to the building of a large number
of houses, particularly in Greenford, there has been an influx of
new inhabitants into the Borough in excess of the normal.
During the year the natural increase in the population or the
excess of births over deaths was 233.
At the Census in 1921 the total population for the area was
89,697. The Census Returns for 1921 showed that there were
18,497 structurally separate dwellings in the area now within the
Borough, that there were 111,282 rooms occupied and that there
were 1.24 rooms per member of the population.
The area of the Borough is now 9,135 acres and the density
of population or the number of persons per acre is 11.