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18
THE SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
for the
Year ending 31st December, 1935,
on the
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,703.6
Population (estimated Midsummer, 1935) 198,433*
Population Census (1931) (not including areas taken over on 1st April, 1934) 185,300
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to Rate books 40,487
(Flats separately assessed counted as one house.)
Rateable value at 31st March, 1935 £1,534,694
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,147
* Registrar General's estimate Midsummer, 1935 188,440
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Live Births— Total. M. F. Total.
Legitimate 2,748 1,444 1,371 2,815 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estiIllegitimate
100 79 69 148 mated resident population 14.35 15.72
Stillbirths 84 49 36 85 Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births 28.65 27.89
Deaths 1,933 1,948 Death Rate per 1,000 of the
mated resident population 9.74 10.34
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):—
Deaths. Rates per 1,000 total
(Live and Still) Births.
No. 29—Puerperal sepsis 4 4 1.36 1.31
No. 30—Other puerperal causes 4 4 1.36 1.31
Total 8 8 2.73 2.62
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 66 01 64.12
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 60.41 59.33
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 220 00 155.41
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1 1
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 5 5
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 58 61
Figures in italics (other than rates) supplied by Registrar-General.

For analysis of the age groups see Appendix " A " Table IV. * No complete record.