London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
This page requires JavaScript
1 .—GENERAL STATISTICS, 1946.
Area in acres (including 116 acres of foreshore of
River Thames and 24 acres of inland water) 2,449.5
Population—Census, 1931 62,617
Population—Registrar-General's Estimate for area
(mid 1946) 57,220
2.—VITAL STATISTICS.
| Live Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | |||
| Legitimate | 1104 | 582 | 522 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population = 23.6 | |
| Illegitimate | 61 | 32 | 29 | ||
| TOTAL | 1165 | 614 | 551 | ||
| Stillbirths. | |||||
| Legitimate | 38 | 18 | 20 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births = 33.2 | |
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 40 | 19 | 21 | ||
| Deaths. | |||||
| 686 | 350 | 336 | Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population = 11.1 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes. | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | — | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births = 2.5 | |||
| Other Puerperal Causes | 3 | ||||