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Heston and Isleworth 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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GENERAL STATISTICS
Year-1963
Area in acres 7,261
population (Registrar-General's estimate) 101,860
Number of habitable premises (rate books) 31,432
Number of houses erected during year 138
Rateable value of Borough £6,692,499
Sum represented by a penny rate £27,720
Live Births - male 778
Live Births - female 709
Birth rate per 1,000 population 14.6
Birth rate per 1,000 population(England and Wales) 18.2
Stillbirths - male 8
Stillbirths - female 13
Stillbirths rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 13.9
Deaths - male 611
Deaths - female 539
Death rate per 1,000 population 11.3
Death rate per 1,000 population (England and Wales) 12.2
Infant Mortality rate 11.4
Infant Mortality rate (England and Wales) 20.9
Neo-natal Mortality rate 8.1
Perinatal Mortality rate 19.1
Maternal Mortality rate 0.0
Maternal Mortality rate (England and Wales) 0.22
VITAL STATISTICS
POPULATION. The Registar-General's mid-year estimate of the population of the
Borough Borough for the year is 101,860.
The report on the 1961 census for the County of Middlesex was published in June
and the following information concerning the Borough has been extracted or compiled from
that report.
The population of the Borough had fallen to 103,013 from the 106,847 enumerated at
the 1951 census. There has been a further change in the age distribution as shown in the
following table:-
Percentage age distribution of population at census
| Census | Age in Years | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80- | |
| 1901 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 9.9 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| 1921 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 0.9 |
| 1951 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 13.8 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
| 1961 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 10.6 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
It will be noted that the age preponderance has moved from the 0-14 year group to
the 45-59 year group. Between the 1951 and 1961 census the number of residents aged 65
years and over rose from 10,567 to 12,190 and those aged 80 years and over from 1567 to
2013. At age 65 years and over the ratio of females to males is 1.6 to 1.
The acreage of the wards ranges from 390 (Hounslow Central) to 1610 (Spring Grove) and the population was distributed in the wards as under:-
| Ward | Male | Female | Persons | Persons per acre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1951 | ||||
| Cranford | 7,207 | 7,373 | 14,580 | 10.9 | 9.9 |
| Heston | 5,452 | 5,706 | 11,158 | 20.4 | 21.6 |
| Spring Grove | 4,438 | 4,810 | 9,248 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| Isleworth North | 5,071 | 5,882 | 10,953 | 15.8 | 17.8 |
| Isleworth South | 5,417 | 6,305 | 11,722 | 19.8 | 20.6 |
| Hounslow Heath | 6,907 | 7,119 | 14,106 | 19.7 | 19.5 |
| Hounslow West | 5,331 | 5,681 | 11,012 | 12.5 | 13.2 |
| Hounslow Central | 4,645 | 5,038 | 9,683 | 24.9 | 28.1 |
| Hounslow South | 5,114 | 5,437 | 10,551 | 23.7 | 25.2 |
| Borough | 49,582 | 53,431 | 103,013 | 14.3 | 14.8 |
The distribution of private households and dwellings in the wards is shown below:-
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