[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing].

  • Ealing (London, England). Council.
Date:
[1915]
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    BOROUGH OF EALING. Public Health Department, Town Hall, Ealing, W. March 15th, 1915. To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report (the fortieth) of the Sanitary and Health condi tions of this Borough during the year 1914, with the usual vital statistics appertaining thereto, and I trust a consideration of these will prove that, on the whole, the general health state of the Borough during the year will be considered quite satisfactory. The general death rate remains at a favourable level, there is a greatly diminished infantile rate of mortality, but the birth rate is slightly lower. It will be seen that the Borough, with its acreage of 2,947 acres (with a density of population of about 24.1 to the acre) and a rateable value of £526,454, continues to make a steady increase of population, and to meet this increase a considerable addition has been made to the number of dwellings. At the middle of last year, it is calculated that 14,339 houses were in occu pation. During the year 280 new houses have been passed for occupation, and of this number one was constructed as a flat, to accommodate six families, one for three families, and three were constructed to accom modate two families. This shows a reduction of new buildings of thirty-two compared with the previous