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Table V gives the Infantile Mortality sub-divided into
weekly periods up to one year of age.
Tn addition to the foregoing, there are three tables
furnished bv the Middlesex County Council, viz.:—Tables I,
II and III.
Table (I) refers to Inspections of Dwelling Houses,
Houses let in separate Dwellings or Lodgings, Common
Lodging Houses, Canal Boats used as Dwellings, Movable
Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c., Workshops and Workplaces,
Inspections generally, and notices served.
Table (II) contains the Inspection of Laundries, Bakehouses,
Slaughter-houses, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops,
Unsound Food, Adulterated Food, Offensive Trades, Water
Supply and Water Service.
Table (III) relates to Water Closet accommodation,
Drains, Cesspools, Disinfection, Dust Collecting, and sundry
other Nuisances, such as overcrowding, smoke, &c., &c.
Population.
The Vital Statistics in this report are again calculated
on an estimated population of 27,000.
Having regard to the large number of uninhabited houses,
the parochial electors list not having materially increased,
and the conclusions drawn from the number of births and
deaths, I have not felt justified in basing my calculations
on any other estimate.
Further the new houses finally inspected prior to occupation
during the year fell considerably below the average of
preceding years.
There is consequently a difficulty in arriving at any
correct figure, but this will be overcome by the general census
taken in 1911. I think it is likely that the rate of increase has
been less rapid during each of the last three years than any
one of the previous three.
The population at the time of the Census of 1891 was
16,026, and at the Census of 1901, 20,991.
Births.
The number of births registered in the district during
the year was 703, a decrease of 48 in the number recorded
in the preceding year.