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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-Residents Registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents Registered in Public Institutions beyond the district | Nett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under I Year of Age. | At all Ages | |||||||||||
| No. | Rate1 | No. | Rate per 1000 Births registered | No. | Rate * | No. | Rate * | |||||
| 1898 | 14974 | 523 | 34.9 | 104 | 198.8 | 312 | 20.8 | |||||
| 1899 | 15142 | 497 | 32.8 | 93 | 187.1 | 297 | 19.6 | |||||
| 1900 | 15478 | 500 | 32.6 | 69 | 138.0 | 244 | 15.9 | No Public Institutions | in District. | |||
| 1901 | 15163 | 516 | 33.9 | 100 | 193.8 | 262 | 17.2 | |||||
| 1902 | 15330 | 532 | 34-7 | 94 | 176.6 | 237 | 15-4 | |||||
| 1903 1904 | 15474 15618 | 536 545 | 34-6 34.8 | 67 88 | 125.0 161.4 | 200 252 | 12.9 16.1 | |||||
| 1905 | 15762 | 530 | 33-6 | 61 | 115-0 | 208 | 131 | 7¡ã | 278 | 17.6 | ||
| 1906 | 15906 | 476 | 29.9 | 67 | 140.7 | 216 | 13-5 | 55 | 271 | 17.0 | ||
| 1907 | 16050 | 519 | 32.3 | 59 | 113.6 | 234 | ¡ö3-9 | 75 | 309 | 19.2 | ||
| Averages for years 1898-1907 | 15489 | 517 | 33.4 | 80 | 155 | 246 | 15.8 | |||||
| 1908 | 16194 | 464 | 28.6 | 56 | 120.6 | 174 | 10.7 | 67 | 241 | 14.9 | ||
*Calculated per 1000 of estimated Population.
Total population as per Census, 1901.—All ages, 15163.
Number of inhabited houses, 3035.
Average number of persons per house, 6.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 1080.
Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the
DistrictBrentford Workhouse Infirmary, Isleworth. Middlesex County Asylum,
Wandsworth. West London Hospital. St. Thomas' Hospital. St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. Lying in Hospital. Fulham Infirmary. Butchers' Alms Houses.