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During the year the natural increase of the population, or the
excess of live births over deaths, was 493.
At the Census in 1921 the total population for the area was
90,601. The Census Returns for 1921 showed that there were
18,642 structurally separate dwellings in the area now within the
Borough with 21,955 families inhabiting them. Owing to the
changed conditions since 1921 there is no doubt that the Census
figures will show a proportionately higher number of families in
inhabited houses. At the 1921 Census there were 112,116 rooms
occupied, thus indicating 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.
The Birth-Rate in the Borough of 15.7 is the same as that for
London and a little less than that for England and Wales, which is
16.3 per thousand of population. The rate is a little more than
in the previous year, which was 14.7. This may be accounted for
by the large number of young married people who have made
their homes recently in Greenford.
The Death- Rate of 11.0 is less than that in the previous year,
when it was 11.3. It is less than that for London and that for
England and Wales, which are both 11.4.
The Infant Death-Rate of 44 per thousand live births compares
very well with that for London, which is 59, with that for England
and Wales, which is 60, and with that for the 107 Great Towns (with
which Ealing is comparable) of 64. The rate is less than that for
the previous year, which was 48 per thousand births, although it
is higher by 3 than the lowest recorded Infant Death-Rate, which
occurred in 1928. In Table II the rates since 1911 are indicated.
It is interesting to note in this Table that in five-yearly periods
from 1911 to 1931 the Infant Death-Rates were successively 76,
62, 55 and 49, indicating a steady decline. In Table IIIa are
shown the Infant Deaths from the various causes and the ages
at which death occurred. It will be seen that premature birth