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Brentford and Chiswick 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
1. GENERAL STATISTICS, 1937.
Area in acres (including 116 acres of foreshore of
River Thames and 24 acres of inland water) 2449.5
Population—Census 1931 62,617
Registrar-General's estimate for area, mid 1937 62,020
Number of inhabited houses (end 1937) according to
Rate Books (approximate) 15,640
Rateable Value (31st December, 1937) £699,190
Sum represented by a penny rate (General District) £2,772
2.
| Legitimate | 749 | 366 | 383 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population, 12.12. |
| Illegitimate | 23 | 9 | 14 | |
| Stillbirths | 17 | 6 | 11 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 21.5. |
| Deaths | 714 | 359 | 355 | Death Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population, 11.74. Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. |
| Deaths from puerperal causes— | ||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | - | — | ||
| Other puerperal causes | — | - | ||
| Total | - | - | ||
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 52 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 45 |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 261 |
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 101 |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 2 |
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 |
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 |
| Zymotic Death Rate | .....0.15 |