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Wembley 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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WEMBLEY URBAN DISTRICT.
Annual Report, 1921.
To the Chairman and Members of the Wembley Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Report on the
general health conditions of the District for the year
1921, being the 28th Annual Report issued since the
formation of the Council.
Medical Officers are required by Circular 269 of
the Ministry of Health to present a Report of a more
simple character this year; indeed, to give the usual full
and detailed report once only in five years, but to
include, nevertheless, as a minimum, certain necessary
Darticulars as follow:—
AREA.
The area of the Wembley District is 4,564 acres.
POPULATION.
The population of the district in 1921 from figures
supplied by the Registrar-General for the purposes of
this Report was 16,110.
INHABITED HOUSES.
The number of houses inhabited in 1921 unknown.
The number of families, or separate occupiers for
that year unknown.
RATEABLE VALUE.
The rateable value of the Urban District was
£124,930.
A penny rate produced the sum of £520.
BIRTH RATE.
The number of births registered during 1921 was 311,
giving a birth-rate of 17.94. In 1920 there were 325
births, giving a birth-rate of 20.8.
The number of legitimate births were—male, 143;
female, 160—303. The number of illegitimate births
wprp—male, 4; female, 4—8.