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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
Chiswick 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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TABLE 1. CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and previous years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages. | Total. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Kate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Kate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 26,772 | 856 | 31.97 | 132 | 154 | 452 | 16.80 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1899 | 27,772 | 818 | 29.45 | 112 | 136 | 408 | 14.69 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | 29,772 | 826 | 27.74 | 144 | 174 | 392 | 12.83 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1901 | 30,005 | 844 | 28.12 | 103 | 122 | 352 | 11.73 | 79 | 9 | — | — | — |
| 1902 | 30,609 | 870 | 28.82 | 112 | 128 | 394 | 12.51 | 11 | 11 | — | — | — |
| 1903 | 31,377 | 907 | 28.90 | 94 | 103.6 | 323 | 10.45 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
| 1904 | 32,177 | 889 | 111 | 124.8 | 424 | 13.11 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 462 | 14.35 | |
| 1905 | 33,160 | 947 | 28.55 | 102 | 107.7 | 437 | 12.96 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 510 | 15.37 |
| 1906 | 33,873 | 852 | 25.15 | 98 | 115.2 | 361 | 10.65 | 17 | 12 | 92 | 441 | 13.01 |
| 1907 | 35,970 | 915 | 25.43 | 109 | 119.1 | 339 | 9.42 | 12 | 13 | 88 | 414 | 11.5 |
| Averages for years 1898-1907 | 31,148 | 872 | 28.17 | 111 | 128.4 | 388 | 12.51 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1908 | 36,377 | 898 | 24.68 | 96 | 106.9 | 351 | 9.64 | 11 | 16 | 108 | 443 | 12.17 |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of
area covered by water) 1,245.
Total population at all ages at Census of 1901 29,809
Number of inhabited houses „ 5,235
Average number of persons per house „ 5.7