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Heston and Isleworth 1932

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

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1932.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1932.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

Cause of Death.under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 mths3 mths and under 6 mths6 mths and under 9 mths9 mths. and under 12 mthsTotal deaths under 1 year
Certified2484541131012985
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Measles..............1..1
Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough..........1..113
Diphtheria and Croup
Erysipelas
Tuberculous Meningitis............11..2
Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........1......1
Convulsions..1....1........1
Laryngitis
Bronchitis..........11....2
Pneumonia (all forms)..2....2233212
Diarrhoea............11..2
Enteritis......11121..5
Gastritis
Syphilis
Rickets..............1..1
Suffocation, overlying
Injury at Birth3......3........3
Atelectasis2......2........2
Congenital Malformations22..155..1112
Premature Birth1422220..1....21
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2..114........4
Other Causes111..3212412
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Nett Births
Legitimate 1367
Illegitimate 41
Nett Deaths
Legitimate infants 82
Illegitimate infants 3
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT.
The Borough comprises an irregular rectangular district of approximately eleven square
miles, the average elevation lying between 16 and 104 above ordnance datum, the higher part being
Osterley and Heston, and the lower part along the margin of the river from Brentford to the boundary
at Twickenham. The Western end is also low lying and the water level comparatively near the surface,
this part of the district being bounded by the River Crane. The greater part of the district
is on valley gravel with pockets of clay at the western end. The district is bounded on the Eastern
side by the River Thames, the Grand Union Canal and the River Brent, and crossed from West to
South East by the River Crane.
Taken on the whole, the district may be said to be comparatively flat from end to end.
The district is roughly divided into two by the main Bath Road which intersects it from East
to West. Large tracts of the district formerly occupied by market gardens are being rapidly cut
into by new housing schemes. There are two large private parks, one surrounding the residence
of the Earl of Jersey at Osterley Park, and one at Syon House, the property of the Duke of Northumberland.
The greater part of the rest of the district is largely a dormitory for workers in London.
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