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Harrow 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

Area (in acres)12,558
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, midyear, 1949 Civilian220,400
Total222,300
Rateable Value (April 1st, 1949)£2,164,502
Sum represented by a penny rate (April 1st, 1949)£8,750
Total number of occupied houses53,160
Total number of occupied flats7,699
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
Live Births:—TotalMaleFemaleBirth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 13-9
Legitimate2,9831,5301,453
Illegitimate1005812
Total3,0831,5881,495
Stillbirths:—
Legitimate643826Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 2.1
Illegitimate211
Total663927
Deaths1,890928962Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 8.5
Deaths from puerperal causes:—DeathsRate per 1,000 total (live and still) births
Puerperal sepsis00
Other puerperal causes51.6
Total51.6
Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births20.7
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births20.0
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births50.0
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)344
„ „ Measles (all ages)0
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages)2
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)2

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Population.
The mid-year population of the district was 220,400, an increase
of 1,700 on the mid-year population for 1948. The natural increase in
population, i.e., the excess of births over deaths during the year, was
1,193. Part of the rest of the increase could be the result of influx of
population into the new houses, particularly those put up by the London
County Council.