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Heston and Isleworth 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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APPENDICES.
Housing Conditions Statistics. Year ended 31st December, 1920.
1. GENERAL.
| (1) | Estimated population Birth Rate Death Rate | 43,445 41,945 |
| (2) | General Death Rate | 1091 |
| (3) | Death Rate from Tuberculosis | 107 |
| (4) | Infantile Mortality | 57-72 |
| (5) | Number of dwelling houses of all classes | 8,848 |
| (6) | *Number of working-class dwelling houses | 4,381 |
| (?) | Number of new working-class erected | 5 |
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2. UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I. Inspection.
| (1) | Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) | 1177 |
| (2) | Number of dwelling-houses which were inpected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | 17 |
| (3) | Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 11 |
| (4) | Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 227 |
| (5) | Number of houses, listed for inspection under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 | 1551 |