Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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SUMMARY OF REPORT 1911.
Parish of Chiswick.
Area 1245 acres
Boundaries: North by Acton, South by the Thames, East by
Hammersmith, West by Brentford.
Soil : chiefly gravel and sand, also a small proportion of clay
found in what is known as "pockets."
Population: census, 1901 29,809
1911 38,850
Number of Inhabited Houses 9,021
Rateable Value £263,794
General District Rate 3/8 in the £
Poor Rate 4/1 in the £
Birth Rate per 1000 23.21
Crude Death Rate 12.30
Corrected Death Rate 9.60
Infantile mortality 1.26
Deaths under 1 year, per 1000 births 98
Death Rate per 1000 from the common principal zymotic
diseases 1.26
Water supply from the Thames, East Molesey, supplied by the
Water Board.
Domestic house-refuse is collected and conveyed by the
Councils waggons from each house to the Refuse Destructor,
where it is cremated.
Nuisances abated during the year 1339