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Heston and Isleworth 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Live Births-
| Total | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1398 | 725 | 673 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 15.8 | |
| Illegitimate | 49 | 19 | 30 | |||
| Stillbirths | 54 | 29 | 25 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 35.97 | |
| Deaths | 778 | 390 | 388 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (Corrected) | 8.98 | |
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes— | Rate per 1,000 total | |||||
| Deaths. | (live and still) births. | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | 1.33 | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 5 | 3.33 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 4.66 | ||||
Death rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births 40.77
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 40.06
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 61.2
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 5
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The greater part of the district is largely a dormitory for workers in London.
The chief industries are :—
(1) Beer, etc., brewing.
(2) Boat building and repairing.
(3) Colours and dyes.
(4) Letterpress Printing.
(5) Gravel quarrving.
(6) Market Gardening.
(7) Rubber Tyres, etc.
(8) Pewterware and Candle Machinery.
(9) Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
(10) Soaps, powders and perfumes.
(11) Sweets, confecticuery.
(12) Wines.
(13) Sawmills and joinery.
(14) Fire extinguishers, etc.
(15) Electrical and Wireless equipment
Gramophones.
(16) Motor Cars.
(17) Fancy papers.
(18) Aeroplanes.
(19) Engineering works.
(20) Disinfectants.
(211 Laundries.
(22) Linoleum.
(23) Carbons, Stencils, Typewriter
bons, etc.
(24) Biscuit making.
(25) Candle makine.
9:
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR, 1935.
Area (in acres, including 42 acres of water) 7,261
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population (Mid-Year) 1935 90,970
Census Population, 1931 76,254
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to Rate Books 23,507
Rateable Value (at 31st December, 1935) £748,456
Sum represented by a penny rate (1934-35) £2,960