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Heston and Isleworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR, 1937.
Area (in acres, including 42 acres of water) 7,261
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population (Mid-Year) 1937 99,420
Census Population, 1931 76,254
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1937) according to Rate Books 26,681
Rateable Value (at 31st December, 1937) £858,603
Sum represented by a penny rate (1937-38) £3,443
Live Births—
| Total. | M. | F. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | . 1435 | 753 | 682 |
| Illegitimate | 48 | 28 | 20 |
| Stillbirths | 35 | 12 | 23 |
| Deaths | 895 | 426 | 469 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population 14.9
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 23.05
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated
resident population (Corrected) 9.46
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths, (live and still) births.
Deaths from Puerperal Causes—
Puerperal sepsis 2 1.31
Other puerperal causes 3 1.97
Total 5 3.29
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 39.78
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 37.63
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 104.16
Deaths from: Cancer (all ages), 126; Measles (all ages), 1; Whooping Cough (all ages), 1;
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 9.
The greater part of the district is largely a dormitory for workers in London. The chief industries are:—
| (1) | Beer, etc., brewing. | (18) | Aeroplanes. |
| (2) | Boat building and repairing. | (19) | Engineering. |
| (3) | Colours and dyes. | (20) | Disinfectants. |
| (4) | Letterpress Printing. | (21) | Laundries. |
| Gravel quarrying. | (22) | Linoleum. | |
| (6) | Market Gardening. | (23) | Carbons, Stencils, Typewriter ribbons, etc. |
| (7) | Rubber Tyres, etc. | ||
| (8) | Pewterware and Candle Machinery. | (24) | Biscuit making. |
| (9) | Pharmaceutical Chemistry. | (25) | Candle making. |
| (10) | Soaps, powders and perfumes. | (26) | Coach building and wheelwrights. |
| (11) | Sweets, confectionery. | (27) | Dyeing and cleaning. |
| (12) | Wines. | (28) | Pre-cast concrete works. |
| (13) | Sawmills and Joinery. | (29) | Celluloid works. |
| (14) | Fire extinguishers, etc. | (30s) | Artificial Manure. |
| (15) | Razors and razor blades. | (31) | Aluminium Solder. |
| (16) | Motor Cars. | (32) | Soldering Flux. |
| (17) | Fancy papers. | (33) | Scientific Instruments. |
The district still continues to develop and there is now little open land available for
building purposes, the great majority of houses that are going up being of the working class type,
valued round about £600 to £800. 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 1937 is
99,420. 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 1,981, but 1,231 of these did
not belong to the district, while 145 residents died outside the district. Thus the number of deaths
properly attributable to the district was 895 an increase of 30 on the figures for the previous year.
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