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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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STATISTICS OF THE AREA
Area (acres) 5,159
Polulation (census 1961) 67,912
Population (midryear 1962) Registrar General's
estimate of civilian population 68,310
Number of inhabited houses as at 31st December, 1962 20,504
Rateable value (estimated) as at 31st December, 1962 £1,3 23,562
Product of penny rate £5,721
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR
| Live births: | |||||
| M | F | Total | |||
| Legitimate | 578 | 593 | 1,171 | ||
| Illegitimate | 31 | 22 | 53 | ||
| 1,224 | |||||
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population | 17.9 | ||||
| Comparability factor is 0. 96 giving a corrected birth rate of | 17.2 | ||||
| Birth rate for England and Wales | 18.0 | ||||
| Illegitimate live births expressed as a percentage of total live births | 4.3 | ||||
| Still births: | |||||
| M | F | Total | |||
| Legitimate | 10 | 13 | 23 | ||
| Illegitimate | - | - | - | ||
| 23 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 live and still births | 18.4 | ||||
| Total live and still births: | |||||
| M | F | Total | |||
| 619 | 628 | 1,247 | |||
| Infant mortality (deaths under 1 year) | |||||
| M | F | Total | |||
| Legitimate | 16 | 7 | 23 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 25 | |||||