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THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1926,
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
URBAN DISTRICT OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,384
Population 173,854 (estimated Midsummer, 1926)
Number of inhabited houses 23,719 (Census 1921)
Number of families or separate occupiers 41,235 (Census, 1921)
Rateable value £1,057,108
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,405 (approx.)
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Births— Total.
Legitimate *2,617 Birth Rate (R.G.) 16.85
Illegitimate †83 Death Rate (R.G.) 10.01
Deaths 1,653
*(R.G.) 2667. † 117. ‡1,655.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth from sepsis ... 2
from other causes 1
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 129. Illegitimate ... 14. Total ... 143.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 18
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 8
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 10