[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth] page 8

Heston and Isleworth 1936

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

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Table: SUMMARY OF COMPARABLE STATISTICS, YEAR 1937.

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SUMMARY OF COMPARABLE STATISTICS, YEAR 1937.

	England and Wales.	122 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London.	143 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census).	London Administrative County.	Heston and Isleworth.	Notes.
	Rates per 1,000 Population.
Births: Live.	14.8	14.9	15.0	13.6	15.7	As last year, this rate is higher than for the rest of the country generally. There were 45 more Births than the previous year, but with the increased population this represented a slightly lower Birth Rate than last year, when the rate was 15.8.
Deaths: All Causes.	12.1	12.3	11.5	12.5	9.55	There were 87 more Deaths than the previous year, when the rate was 8.98. The death rates throughout the country were generally higher than the previous year.
Diphtheria.	0.07	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.02	The rate for this district is lower than any of the comparable rates in the groups shown.
Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Influenza.	0.01 0.05 0.14	0.01 0.06 0.14	0.01 0.04 0.15	0.01 0.06 0.14	0.00 0.02 0.08	Although the numbers are small, the rates for Heston and Isleworth are also comparably lower.
Notifications: Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria.	2.53 1.39	2.18 1.31	2.48 1.26	2.57 1.69	2.36 0.22	With regard to notifications apart from Deaths, the incidence of Scarlet Fever again compares very favourably, but is not the lowest of the comparative rates shown. Diphtheria notifications in this District were very much lower than throughout the country generally as shown by the comparative rates.
	Rates per 1,000 Live Births.
Infantile Mortality:	59	63	55	66	48.25	The rate 48.25 is not so good as the record rate of 40.77 last year, but is still a very low figure and the lowest of the comparative rates as shown.