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Heston and Isleworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Generally speaking, a high birth-rate in any particular district
implies a healthy as well as an increasing population, and even
on the lowest estimate the birth-rate for the year 1908 in this
district may be considered very satisfactory.
Quarterly Birth-Rates.
The following birth-rates for each quarter of the year have
been calculated to equal annual rates, i.e., what the birth-rate for
the whole year would have been had the same number of births
that occurred in any one quarter been exactly the same in the
other three. They are based on the official estimate of the
population.
All registered births are included, and no allowance is made for some of them having been amongst non-resident women:—
| 1st quarter | 35.1 per 1000 |
| 2nd „ | 37.2 „ |
| 3rd „ | 32.0 „ |
| 4th „ | 34.3 „ |