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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
Hayes and Harlington 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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| Area (acres) | 5,159 |
| Population (Census) | 65,608 |
| Population (mid-year 1954—Registrar General's estimate | |
| of civilian population) | 64,960 |
| Number of inhabited houses as at 31st December, 1954 | 18,059 |
| Rateable value (estimated) as at 31st December, 1954 | £469,150 |
| Product of a penny rate | £1,859 |
| Live Births : | |||||||
| Birth - rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 14.41 | |||||||
| Legitimate | 464 | 434 | 898 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 19 | 19 | 38 | ||||
| Comparability Factor is 0.94, giving a corrected birth-rate of .. | 13.54 | ||||||
| Stillbirths : | |||||||
| Legitimate | 8 | 9 | 17 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 19.23 | |||
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | ||||
| Death-rate | 7.14 | ||||||
| Deaths | 253 | 208 | 458 | ||||
| Comparability Factor is 1.50, giving a corrected death-rate of | 10.71 | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes | Nil | ||||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age : | |||||||
| 21.37 | |||||||
| (b) Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 17.59 | ||||||
| 105.3 | |||||||
| Deaths from : | |||||||
| Cancer | 58 | 37 | 95 | ||||
| Measles | — | — | — | ||||
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | — | — | ||||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| Heart Disease | 73 | 69 | 142 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 19 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 9 | 7 | 16 | ||||