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Heston and Isleworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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APPENDI CES.
Housing Conditions Statistics. Year ended 31st December, 1921.
1. GENERAL.
| (1) Estimated Population Birthrate | 47,700 |
| Death rate | 46,970 |
| (2) General Death rate | 10.79 |
| (3) Death rate from Tuberculosis (all forms) | 1. 04 |
| (4) Infantile Mortality | 60.5 |
| (5) Number of dwelling houses of all classes | 9,611 |
| (6) *Number of working-class dwelling houses | 4,837 |
| (7) Number of new working-class houses erected | 139 |
| 165 | |
| Total number of new houses erected of all classes | 304 |
2. UNFIT DWELLING-HOUSES.
I. Inspection.
(1) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected lor
housing defects (under Public Health or
Housing Acts) 338
(2) Number of dwelling-houses which were inspected
and recorded under the Housing(Inspection
of District) Regulations, 1910) 1
(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state
so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation nil.
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those
referred to under the preceeding subheading)
found not to be in all respects
reasonably fit for human habitation 95
(5) Number of houses, listed for inspection under
the Housing (Inspection of District)
Regulations, 1910, at end of year 1544
II. Remedy of Defects without Service of Formal Notices.
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in
consequence of informal action by the Local
Authority or their Officers 12