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Harrow 1940
[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, 1940 188,710
Rateable Value (April 1st, 1941) £2,108,363
Sum represented by a penny rate (April 1st, 1941) £8,280
| Live Births:— | Total. | Male. | Female. | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 16.4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 2,898 | 1,521 | 1,377 | |||
| Illegitimate | 103 | 50 | 53 | |||
| Stillbirths:— | ||||||
| Legitimate | 82 | 50 | 32 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 2.7 | ||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Deaths | 1,725 | 860 | 865 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 9.1 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| Puerperal sepsis | — | — | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 2 | 0.62 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0.62 | ||||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 500 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 46.6 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births ... | 145.6 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 254 | |||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | 4 | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | |||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 21 | |||||