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Brentford Urban District Council.
ANNUAL REPORT.
1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the Brentford
Urban District Council. April 4th, 1915.
Gentlemen.
I beg to present my report upon the health and sanitary
condition of the Brentford Urban Sanitary District for the year
1914.
POPULATION
I estimate the population to the middle of June to be : Old
Brentford 14903, and New Brentford 2137, making a total of 17040.
BIRTHS.
The number of births has been 466, of which 236 were males,
and 230 females, which is 15 lower than last year, when it was 481
and 19.3 lower than the average of the last 10 years. The birth rate
is 27.3 per thousand. There were also 12 children born of Brentford
women outside the town, and the total birth rate is 28 per thousand.
19 of these births, viz., 13 inside the town and 6 outside were
illegitimate.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths occurring in Brentford during the year
has been 165, of which 80 were males and 85 females. In Old
Brentford 137 and in New Brentford 28, the death rates of which
were respectively, Old Brentford 9.1 per thousand, and New
Brentford 13.1 per thousand. The Cottage Hospital is in New
Brentford where 2 deaths occurred, and the Isolation Hospital in
Old Brentford where there were 6 deaths. The death rate for the
whole district is 9.6 per thousand. Included in this return are 2 nonresidents,
viz., 1 in the Cottage Hospital, and one on the Canal
bank, so that the correct death rate for residents who died in
Brentford is 9.5 per thousand, being exactly the same as last year.