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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE I.
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1908 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate* | Under 1 year of Age | At all Ages | |||||||||
| Number | Rate per 1,000 Births registered | Number | Rate* | Number | Rate* | |||||||
| 1898 | 5,000 | 127 | 25.2 | 14 | 110.0 | 47 | 9.4 | 47 | 9.4 | |||
| 1899 | 5,500 | 147 | 26.7 | 16 | 108.0 | 59 | 10.7 | 59 | 10.7 | |||
| 1900 | 6,500 | 185 | 26.9 | 21 | 113.5 | 55 | 8.4 | 55 | 8.4 | |||
| 1901 | 6,550 | 204 | 31.3 | 24 | 117.3 | 55 | 8.5 | 55 | 8.5 | |||
| 1902 | 7,500 | 218 | 34.4 | 28 | 124.4 | 60 | 8.0 | 4 | 64 | 8.5 | ||
| 1903 | 8 096 | 256 | 31.6 | 28 | 109.3 | 65 | 8.0 | 5 | 70 | 8.6 | ||
| 1904 | 8,940 | 265 | 29.6 | 30 | 113.2 | 76 | 8.5 | 3 | 79 | 8.7 | ||
| 1905 | 9,650 | 262 | 27.1 | 23 | 87.5 | 77 | 8.07 | 9 | 86 | 8.9 | ||
| 1906 | 10,760 | 303 | 28.1 | 28 | 99.0 | 74 | 6.8 | 11 | 85 | 7.9 | ||
| 1907 | 11,330 | 300 | 26.4 | 23 | 76 | 74 | 6.8 | 17 | 95 | 8.3 | ||
| Averages for years 1898-1907 | 7982.6 | 226.7 | 28.63 | 23.5 | 105.82 | 64.2 | 8.317 | 69.5 | 8.79 | |||
| 1908 | 11,775 | 303 | 25.8 | 27 | 89 | 78 | 6.6 | 14 | 92 | 7.6 | ||
* 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), 1,072. At the Census of 1901:—Total population at all
ages, 5,901. Number of inhabited houses, 1,021. Average number of persons per house, 5.75.