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SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
Page.
Section A.—General and Vital Statistics 3
Section B.—General Provision of Health Services 6
Section C.—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area 11
Section D.—Housing 13
Section E.—Inspection and Supervision of Food 15
Section F.—Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Disease 15
SECTION A.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area of district in acres (exclusive of portion covered by water, including 20 acres
added under revision of boundaries
2,435
Population at Census, 1931
39.9S0
Population, estimated by Registrar General, to mid 1935
46,710
Number of separate dwellings, mid 1935
13,719
Rateable value, December, 1935
£436,677
Sum represented by a penny rate, gross
£1,940
Rainfall during year, 1935
25.37 inches
SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
While there is no tendency to greater industrialisation of the borough, the increase
in the erection of new dwellings has been notable. The building of houses and of blocks of self
contained flats has continued and appears likely to be checked only when the amount of available
open space has been occupied and when it has become uneconomical to demolish older property
in order to erect new in its place.
In the last annual report, the suggestion was made that flats to house the weekly wage
earner might follow the building of similar dwellings for those who were able to pay a higher
rent. To a comparatively small extent this development has commenced and appears likely to
extend in the future.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
The population estimated by the Registrar General to the middle of the year 1935, was
46,710. As this figure is almost the same as that at which I had arrived independently some
months previously, it may be accepted as approximately the actual figure.
This would indicate an increase in the population of 3,233 during the year. As the natural
increase of the population, i.e., the excess of births over deaths was only 126, the balance of
3,107 consisted of persons who had moved to Twickenham from other places.
Births.
Total births registered
716
Number of live births
693
Number of still births
23
Increase in total births compared with 1934
60
Birth rate (live births) per 1,000 of the population
14.8
The birth rate (live births) was exactly the same as that for 140 towns in England and
Wales, with populations of comparable size.
The sex and legitimancy of the live births was:-
Male.
Female.
Total.
Legitimate
325
335
660
Illegitimate
19
14
33
344
349
693
The birth rate has remained almost stationary for the past 4 years, during which it has
averaged 14.5 per 1,000 of the population.
The number of still births registered was 23, of which 16 were male. No illegitimate
still birth was registered.
The still birth rate was 32 per 1,000 of the total births and 0.49 per 1,000 of the estimated
population of the town.
The proportion of illegitimate births was one in every 21 of the total births registered.