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Harrow 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 12,558
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population,
mid-year, 1939, for calculation of
(a) birth rates 190,200
(b) death rates or the incidence of notifiable
diseases 189,300
Number of inhabited houses including flats (end of
1939) according to Rate Books (approximately) 56,500
Rateable Value (April 1st, 1940) £2,093,165
Sum represented by a penny rate (April 1st, 1940) £8,180
| Live Births:— | Total. | Male. | Female. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 3,212 | 1,651 | 1,561 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 17.5 | ||
| Illegitimate | 109 | 59 | 50 | |||
| Stillbirths:— | ||||||
| Legitimate | 98 | 62 | 36 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 3.1 | ||
| Illegitimate | 9 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Deaths | 1,408 | 711 | 697 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 7.4 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | ||||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | 0.58 | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 6 | 1.75 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 2.33 | ||||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 38.5 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births live | 36.4 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births live | 100.0 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 240 | |||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | — | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 3 | |||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age | 12 | |||||