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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
1. GENERAL STATISTICS, 1939.
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 1939 .(a)6l,100
(b)58,200
2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF YEAR.
Total. M. F.
Live Births; Birth Rate per 1,000 of
Legitimate 686 356 330 estimated resident
Illegitimate 45 20 25 lation, 11.96
Stillbirths: 20 12 8 Rate per 1,000 total (live
and still)births 26.6
Deaths: 703 346 357 Death Rate per 1,000 of
estimated resident population
12.08
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total
(live and still) births.
Deaths from puerperal causes:
Puerperal Sepsis - -
Other puerperal causes 2 2.66
TOTAL 2 2.66
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:
All infants per 1,000 live births 41
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 35
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births l33
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 110
Deaths from Measles (all ages) -
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 2
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6
Zymotic Death Rate 0.22
COMPARISON OF VITAL STATISTICS
Birth Death Infant
Rate. Rate. Mortality.
Brentford and Chiswick 11.96 12.08 42
England and Wales 15.0 12.1 50
126 County Boroughs and Great
Towns, including London 14.8 12.0 53
London 12.3 11.9 48
(a) Vital Statistics.
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the total population of
the Borough for the year 1939 is 61,470, which shows a decrease
of 550 from that for 1937 and a decrease of 1,147 from the Census
figure. The decrease of 550 is no doubt largely accounted for by
plans for the extension of the Great West Road, which cuts through
the residential part of Chiswick and has caused so many houses of
the better class type to be vacated and their occupants to move
out of the Borough.
The excess of births over deaths during the past eight years
is 1.058, but this of course is only one factor taken into account
when forming the estimate.