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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, 1919.
Population—
At the Census, 1911 43,316
Registrar-General's estimate of nett 42,020 (Birth rate)
civil population 40,338 (Death rate)
Birth rate (nett) 16.8
England and Wales 18.5
London 18.3
Death rate (nett) 11.6
England and Wales 13.8
London 13.4
Infantile Mortality Rate 99 per 1,000 births
England and Wales 89 „ „
London 85 „ „
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area.
The Urban District of Heston and Isleworth, in the County
of Middlesex, has an area of 6,893 acres. It comprises the two
parishes of Heston and Isleworth, and is divided for civil purposes
into five wards.
Heston Parish includes Heston and Hounslow North Wards,
and has an area of 3,708 acres. The Parish of Isleworth lies to
the east and south of Heston, and is situate on the western bank
of the River Thames where that river winds to the north-east
towards Kew. The area of this Parish, which embraces Isleworth
North and South and Hounslow South Wards, is 3,185 acres.
Physical Features.
The level of the District rises gradually from the River
Thames and reaches at Heston a height of 100 feet above Ordnance
Datum.
The geological subsoil formation is valley gravel, which is
covered in large areas by loam. This thin loamy covering is of
great value for market gardening, to which considerable portions
of land within the district are devoted.