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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
Wealdstone 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE I.
Urban District of Wealdstone, formed in 1895.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1895. | 3,500 | 93 | 26.5 | 14 | 150.5 | 49 | 14.0 | — | 5 | — | 44 | 12.5 |
| 1896. | 3,141 | 92 | 29.2 | 15 | 163.0 | 31 | 10.1 | — | 1 | — | 30 | 9.5 |
| 1897. | 3,600 | 88 | 24.4 | 11 | 125.0 | 35 | 9.7 | — | — | — | 35 | 9.7 |
| 1898. | 5,000 | 127 | 25.2 | 14 | 110.0 | 47 | 9.4 | — | 2 | — | 45 | 9.0 |
| 1899. | 5,500 | 147 | 26.9 | 16 | 108.8 | 59 | 10.7 | — | — | — | 59 | 10.7 |
| Averages for years 1895-1899. | 4,148.2 | 109.4 | 22.4 | 14 | 131.6 | 44.2 | 10.8 | — | 1.6 | — | 42.6 | 10.2 |
| 1900. | 6,500 | 185 | 26.9 | 21 | 113.5 | 55 | 8.4 | 1 | — | — | 56 | 8.6 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having
actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be 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 illness, and dying there; and by the
term " Residents'' is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District (exclusive of area covered by water), 1,072 acres. Total population at all ages not known at Census of 1891.
Number of houses inhabited not known at Census of 1891, Average number of persons per house not known at Census of 1891.