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Infant Mortality.
The figure obtained under this heading is regarded as a vali
able index of the sanitary conditions of a district. Furthermori
as it is based on ascertained facts (i.e., the actual numbers of birt!
and infant deaths), it is more reliable than the death-rate which
caculated on an estimated population.
The rate for 1926 is 56.29 per 1,000 births. The rates fo
England and Wales and for London during the same period we
70 and 64 respectively.
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT.
The Urban District comprises an irregularly rectangul:
district of approximately eleven square miles, the average elevatio
lying between 16 and 104 above ordnance datum, the higher pa
being Os'terley and Heston, and the lower part along the margi
of the river from Brentford to the boundary at Twickenham. Tli
Western end is also low lying and the water level comparativel
near the surface, this part of the district being bounded by th
River Crane. The greater part of the district is on valley gravt
with pockets of clay at the Western end. The district is bounde
on the Eastern side by the River Thames, the Grand Junctio
Canal and the River Brent, and crossed from West to South E&
by the River Crane.
The district is roughly divided into two by the main Bat
Road which intersects it from East to West. Large tracts of th
district are occupied by market gardens, which are being rapidl
cut into by new housing schemes. There are two large park:
one surrounding the residence of the Earl of Jersey at Osterlp
Park, and one at Syon House, the property of the Duke of North
umberland.
The greater part of the rest of the district is largely a dormi
tory for workers in London.
The industries are few, the chief being : —
(1.) Beer etc., brewing.
(2) Boat buiding and repairing.