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Council Offices,
Feltham.
June, 1947.
Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Annual Report on the Health
and Sanitation of your District for the year 1946.
The District is divided into three Wards: Bedfont,
Feltham and Hanworth, with a total acreage of 4,925.
The population as estimated by the Registrar General
is 38,740 (mid. 1946). This is an increase, the 1945
figure being 35,670. The day population is increased by
people working at the various factories and shops. A
small number continue to work at agriculture.
The sum represented by a penny rate is
£1,125 10 1.17d.
All classes of inhabited houses 10,322
Working-class dwellings 9,608
New working-class dwellings erected 216
Total number of new houses erected 226
Vital Statistics.
Live Births— Total Male Female
Legitimate 747 398 349
Illegitimate 38 20 18
Total 785 418 367
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—
20.26 (1945 19.20).
Still Births
Legitimate 12 6 6
Illegitimate 1 — 1
Total 13 6 7
Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still)—16.29 (1945 11.49)
Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population—0.33
(1945 0.22)