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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

Hounslow 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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Table: Summary of general and vital statistics relating to the London Borough of HounslowStatistics for the area

Summary of general and vital statistics relating to the London Borough of Hounslow

Statistics for the area

Area (including inland water)14,469 acres
Population—1961 census208,893
Population — Registrar General's estimate mid-1966207,320
Persons per acre14.3
Number of habitable premises (1st April 1966)64,894
Number of new houses erected during the year905
Rateable value (June 1966)£16,030,966
Product of a penny rate (estimated 1966/67)£64,750
Vital StatisticsLive births
Number3,519
Crude rate per 1,000 population17.0
Adjusted rate per 1,000 population16.5 (England and Wales 17.7)
Illegitimate live births Number340
Per cent of total live births9.7 (England and Wales 7.9)
Stillbirths Number40
Rate per 1,000 live and still births11.2 (England and Wales 15.4)
Total live and still births3,559
Infant mortality (deaths under 1 year)69
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births19.6 (England and Wales 19.0)
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births19.2
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births23.5
Neonatal mortality (deaths under four weeks) Number49
Rate per 1,000 total live births13.9 (England and Wales 12.9)
Early Neonatal mortality (deaths under one week) Number42
Rate per 1,000 total live births11.9 (England and Wales 11.1)
Perinatal mortality (still births and deathsunder one week combined) Number82
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births23.0 (England and Wales 26.3)