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THE SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
for the
Year ending 31st December, 1938,
on the
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4632.5
Population (estimated Midsummer, 1938) 203,734*
Population Census (1931) (not including areas taken over on 1st April, 1934) 185,300
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1938) according to Rate books 42,418
(Flats separately assessed counted as one house.)
Rateable value at 31st March, 1938 £1,610,684
Sum represented by a penny rate £6,474
* Registrar General's estimate Midsummer, 1938 187,600
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Live Births—
Total.
M.
F.
Total.
Legitimate
2,849
1,466
1,378
2,844
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population
14.57
16.14
Illegitimate
119
94
89
183
Stillbirths
101
57
44
101
Rate per 1,000 total (live and
still) births
32.91
32.29
Deaths
1,841
1,851
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population
9.04
9,87
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
3
3
0.98
0.96
No. 30—Other puerperal causes
2
2
0.65
0.64
Total
5
5
1.63
1.60
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births
53.91
53.85
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births
48.79
49.58
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
176.47
120.22
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 332 330
,, ,, Measles (all ages) 6 6
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 3 3
,, ,, Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) 34 30
Figures in italics (other than rates) supplied by Registrar-General.