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Heston and Isleworth 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1928.Population—

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR 1928.

Population—

At the Census, 192146,664
Registrar-General's Estimate of nett..59,730 (Birth rate)
Civil Population58,910 (Death rate)
Births—Male.Female.Total.
Legitimate502478980
Illegitimate152540
Birth rate (nett)17.07
Deaths—Male.Female.Total.
338286624

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Death rate (corrected) 9.86
Number of women dying in, or in
consequence of, childbirth
from sepsis 3
from other causes 2
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—
Legitimate ... 55.1 Illegitimate ... 75
Infantile Mortality Rate 55.88
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 0
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 year of age) 6
Area 6,851. acres
Number of inhabited houses (Census, 1921) 8,790
„ of families or separate occupiers (1921) 9,893
Rateable value £380,831
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,357

Table: Poor Law Relief.I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Clerk to the Brentford Guardians, for information respecting the amounts paid in money and kind as out-relief to poor persons within the Parish of Heston and Isleworth during the years 1927-1928 : —

Poor Law Relief.

I am indebted to Mr. F. E. Harmsworth, Clerk to the Brentford Guardians, for information respecting the amounts paid in money and kind as out-relief to poor persons within the Parish of Heston and Isleworth during the years 1927-1928 : —

1927.1928.
£s.d.£s.d.
Parish of Heston ,& Isleworth579933½4929158½