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Brentford Urban District Council.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER
FOR THE YEAR 1907.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Brentford Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my report upon the health and sanitary
condition of the Brentford Urban Sanitary District for the year
1907.
POPULATION
I estimate the population of the whole district at the end of
June to be 16,050, and of the several ecclesiastical districts into
which it is divided I allot to St. James's with St. George's 4895,
St. Paul's 9153 and to New Brentford 2002. Thus the population
of Old Brentford is 14048 and New Brentford 2002.
BIRTHS.
The number of births has been 519, of which 263 were males
and 256 females. The birth rate is 32.3 per thousand, which is 2.4
higher than last year's, which was the lowest for many years, but is
1.7 lower than the average of the last 10 years.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths occurring in Brentford during the year
has been 234, of which 118 were males and 116 females. In St.
George's 77, St. Paul's 124, and New Brentford 33. The death rate
in the three districts respectively is St. George's 15.7, St. Paul's 13.5,
and New Brentford 16.4. The Cottage Hospital is in New Brentford
and 3 deaths occurred there, and the Isolation Hospital is in St.