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(26) Flour milling.
(27) Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Machinery.
. (28) Coach building and wheelwrights.
(29) Dyeing and cleaning.
(30) Pre-cast concrete works.
(31) Celluloid works.
(32) Artificial Manure.
(33) Aluminium Solder.
(34) Soldering Flux.
(35) Scientific Instruments.
The district is rapidly developing in nearly all directions, the great majority of houses that
are going up being of the working class type, valued round about £600 to £700. Great use has
been made of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, and of the Housing Act, particularly the
former.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.—The Registrar-General's estimate for the population to the middle of 1935 is
90,970. The Census population in 1931 was 76,254, this being the revised figure as altered under
the provisions of the Middlesex Review Order, 1933.
Deaths.—The number of deaths registered in the district was 1,649, but 991 of these did
not belong to the district, while 120 residents died outside the district. Thus the number of deaths
properly attributable to the district was 778, a decrease of 85 on the figures for the previous year.
Adopting the basis of the population estimated by the Registrar-General, the corrected death-rate
for the district comes to 8.98 per 1,000, which is comparable with the following figures :—
England and Wales 11.7
121 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London 11.8
140 Smaller Towns 11.2
London 11.4
Heston and Isleworth 8.98
Infant Mortality.—The figure obtained under this heading is regarded as a valuable index
of the sanitary conditions of a district. Furthermore, as it is based on definite figures (i.e., the
actual number of births and infant deaths), it is more reliable than the death-rate, which is
calculated on an estimated population.
The rate for 1935 is 40.77 per 1,000 births, which is a record for this district. The rates
for England and Wales and for London during the same period were 57 and 58 respectively.
Births.—The total number of live births registered during the year was 1,777, excluding
re-registrations, but 510 of these did not belong to this district, while 180 births properly belonging
to this district occurred outside the district. The nett number of live births thus attributable to
the district is 1447, an increase of 128 over last year's figures. Adopting the population basis
suggested by the Registrar-General for the calculation of the birth-rate, this comes to 15.8 per
1,000. The birth-rate of England and Wales was 14.7 per 1,000 and for London 13.3 per 1,000.
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