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Harrow 1946
[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, midyear,
1946 210,890
Rateable Value (April 1st, 1947) £2,146,873
Sum represented by a penny rate (April 1st, 1947) £8,600
Total number of occupied houses 51,016
Total number of occupied flats 7,968
| Live Births:— | Total | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 3,755 | 1,947 | 1,808 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 18.0 | |
| Illegitimate | 179 | 93 | 86 | ||
| Total | 3,934 | 2,040 | 1,894 | ||
| Stillbirths:— | |||||
| Legitimate | 114 | 63 | 51 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 3.0 | |
| Illegitimate | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Total | 122 | 68 | 54 | ||
| Deaths | 1,816 | 897 | 919 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 8.6 | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | |||
| Puerperal sepsis | — | — | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 3 | 0.75 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0.75 | |||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age:— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 31.0 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live birth | 30.3 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 67.0 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 350 | ||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | 2 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | — | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 9 | ||||
Population.
The population of the district in the middle of 1945 was 191,710.
It rose to 201,070 at the end of the year. A similar increase gave a
mid-1946 figure of 210,890. Since then the increases have been more
gradual so that the population figure at the end of September was
214,860 and at the end of the year 216,230. Of the mid-year population
those of ages 0.4 were estimated at about 16,000, and those of 5-14
years about 29,500. The natural increase in the population, that is
the excess of births over deaths, in the year was 2,118.