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Brentford Urban District Council.
ANNUAL REPORT,
1911.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Brentford Urban District Council. March 23rd, 1912.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my report upon the health and sanitary
condition of the Brentford Urban Sanitary District for the year
1911.
POPULATION.
The census which was taken in April, 1911, gives the population
of Old Brentford—males 7211, females 7274, total 14485; and
of New Brentford—males 969, females 1130, total 2099. These
totals added together give the population of the Urban District as
16584. At the last census in 1901 the population was—Old
Brentford 13136, New Brentford 2027, total 15163, so that there is
an increase of 1421 in the 10 years. Without the census returns my
estimate of the population would have been 16626 to the end of
June. The correct estimate is—Old Brentford 14507, New Brentford
2101, total 16608.
BIRTHS.
The number of births has been 434, of which 222 were males,
and 212 females. The birth rate is 26.1 per thousand, which is 2.9
lower than last year, and 5-y lower than the average of the last 10
years, and the lowest yet recorded. In fact the birth rate is steadily
decreasing. 14 of these births were illegitimate.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths occurring in Brentford during the year
has been 211, of which 103 were males and 108 females. In Old
Brentford 182, and New Brentford 29, the death rates of which were
respectively, Old Brentford 12.5 per thousand, New Brentford 13.8
per thousand. The Cottage Hospital is in New Brentford, where 5
deaths occurred ; and the Isolation Hospital is in Old Brentford,
where 1 death took place. The death rate for the whole district is
12.7 per thousand. Included in this return are 4 deaths of nonresidents,
viz., 1 in Cottage Hospital, 2 in the Thames, and 1 on a
barge on the Canal, so that the correct death rate for residents who