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Heston and Isleworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Table I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and previous years.
| Year. | Estimated Population to middle of year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered | Total Deaths in public institutions in District | Deaths of non. resid'ts regist'd in public institutions in | Deaths of residents regist'd beyond District | Deaths at All Ages (Nett). | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 1 year. | at all ages. | |||||||||||
| N'mber | Rate. | N'mber | Rate per 1000 births. | N'mber | Rate. * | N'mber | Rate. * | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 29,185 | 817 | 27.7 | 146 | 172.5 | 598 | 20.4 | 196 | 130 | ... | 468 | 160 |
| 1899 | 29,607 | 931 | 31.4 | 144 | 154.6 | 678 | 22.8 | 216 | 151 | ... | 527 | 17.7 |
| 1900 | 30,040 | 813 | 27.0 | 127 | 156.2 | 682 | 23.0 | 262 | 163 | ... | 529 | 17.6 |
| 1901 | 30,959 | 874 | 28.5 | 140 | 160.1 | 678 | 21.8 | 232 | 191 | ... | 487 | 15.7 |
| 1902 | 31,531 | 932 | 29.5 | 146 | 156.6 | 734 | 23.3 | 300 | 210 | ... | 524 | 16.6 |
| 1903 | 32,075 | 1055 | 32.8 | 104 | 98.5 | 634 | 19.7 | 262 | 179 | ... | 455 | 14.1 |
| 1904 | 32,630 | 1057 | 32.3 | 179 | 169.3 | 750 | 22.9 | 290 | 200 | ... | 550 | 16.8 |
| 1905 | 33,194 | 1030 | 28.8 | 141 | 136.8 | 675 | 19.2 | 288 | 220 | ... | 452 | 13.6 |
| 1906 | 33,767 | 1134 | 33.5 | 158 | 134.9 | 725 | 21.4 | 304 | 229 | 15 | 512 | 15.1 |
| 1907 | 34,351 | 1135 | 33.0 | 100 | 88.1 | 741 | 21.5 | 356 | 279 | 28 | 490 | 14.2 |
| Av. for 98.1907 | 31,792 | 977 | 30.7 | 132 | 135.7 | 691 | 21.7 | 270 | 195 | ... | 497 | 15.5 |
| 1908 | 34,895 | 1211 | 34.7 | 147 | 112.2 | 801 | 23.2 | 344 | 269 | 30 | 558 | 15.9 |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those
registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district. The deaths
included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of
the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account
of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents"
is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity,
and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables
are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity,
such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. (These are ; Mogden Isolation Hospital,
Hounslow Hospital, Dockwell Smallpox Hospital, Union Infirmary, Isleworth.
Total population at all ages, 30,863.
Number of inhabited houses, 5,684.
Average number of persons per house, 5.4.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 6,859.
At Census of 1901.