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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
Heston and Isleworth 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| District | Population mid-1954 | Birth rate per 1000 population | Death rate per 1000 population | Specific death rates per 1000 population | Infant mortality per 1000 live births | Maternal mortality per 1000 total births | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Cancer | Infant | Neo-natal | |||
| Acton | 66,720 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 0.16 | 2.3 | 20.0 | 9.4 | — |
| Brentford & Chiswick | 58,750 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 0.12 | 2.3 | 12.7 | 10.2 | - |
| Ealing | 184,600 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 0.09 | 2.0 | 22.7 | 15.3 | 0.43 |
| Edmonton | 99,200 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 0.08 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 14.2 | 1.63 |
| Enfield | 109,000 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 0.13 | 1.0 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 0.72 |
| Feltham | 48,870 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 0.10 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 7.7 | - |
| Finchley | 69,860 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 0.10 | 2.1 | 21.3 | 16.8 | |
| Friern Barnet | 28,560 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 0.14 | 1.4 | 25.2 | 18.9 | - |
| Harrow | 217,100 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 0.06 | 1.9 | 17.1 | 12.0 | 0.36 |
| Hayes & Harlington | 65,400 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 0.17 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 15.0 | 1.05 |
| Hendon | 154,000 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 0.07 | 2.1 | 20.7 | 16.0 | 0.51 |
| Heston & Isleworth | 105,500 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 0.13 | 2.0 | 24.1 | 17.2 | - |
| Hornsey | 97,600 | 13.9 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 0.03 | 2.1 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 1.45 |
| Potters Bar | 17,790 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 0.06 | 1.5 | 8.3 | 4.1 | - |
| Rnislip & Northwood | 72,700 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 0.11 | 2.0 | 22.8 | 18.5 | - |
| Southall | 53,840 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 0.15 | 2.0 | 17.2 | 10.0 | — |
| Southgate | 71,870 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 0.11 | 2.3 | 19.3 | 11.6 | - |
| Staines | 42,330 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 0.09 | 1.6 | 10.1 | 12.3 | 1.32 |
| Snnbury | 25,460 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 0.16 | 1.5 | 19.9 | 17.7 | — |
| Tottenham | 122,100 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 0.19 | 2.5 | 16.5 | 13.2 | 0.65 |
| Twickenham | 104,300 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 0.14 | 2.2 | 22.9 | 17.4 | - |
| Uxbridge | 57,940 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 0.16 | 1.9 | 14.2 | 11.1 | - |
| Wemb1ey | 129,000 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 0.04 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 0.70 |
| Willesden | 176,000 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 0.14 | 2.1 | 20.2 | 14.5 | 0.37 |
| Wood Green | 50,610 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 0.12 | 2.1 | 23.6 | 16.9 | - |
| Yiewsley & W. Drayton | Z2,900 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 0.13 | 1.3 | 23.2 | 18.0 | 2.50 |
| COUNTY | 2, 256, 000 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 0.11 | 2.0 | 19.4 | 14.1 | 0.47 |