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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ealing 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (in Acres) 8,739
Population (Census, 1931) 117,707
Population (Estimated Middle of 1940) 156,490
Number of Structurally Separate Dwellings (Census,
1931) 26,717
Number of Families or separate Occupiers (Census, 1931) 31,412
Number of Houses according to Rate Books (1st April,
1940) 48,120
Rateable Value, 1st April, 1940 £1,859,854
Net Product of a Penny Rate £7,088
SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
Live Births (for calculating Birth-Rates):—
Legitimate Males, 1,173 Females, 1,040 Total, 2,213
Illegitimate Males, 48 Females, 32 Total, 80—2,293
Birth-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 4.7
Live Births (for calculating Infant Mortality Rates):—
Legitimate Males, 1,125 Females, 995 Total, 2,120
Illegitimate Males, 47 Females, 32 Total, 79—2,199
Still-Births:—
Males, 36 Females, 26 Total 62
Rate per 1,000;otal Births (Live and Still-Births) 26
Deaths : Males, 917 Females, 1,017 Total 1,934
Death-Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 12.4
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
Legitimate .Males, 51 Females, 38 Total, 89
Illegitimate Males, 2 Females, 4 Total, 6— 95