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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

Hayes and Harlington 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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Table: SECTION ASTATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

SECTION A

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

Area (acres)5,161
Population (census 1931)23,646
Population (mid-year 1947) Registrar-General's Estimate: Working population figure66,670
Number of Inhabited Houses as at 31st Dec. 194716,571
Rateable Value (Estimate) as at 31st Dec. 1947£421,706
Product of a Penny Rate£1,650

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR

Live Births—M.F.TotalBirth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident popu-lation 21.35
Legitimate6696901,359
Illegitimate343165
Stillbirths-
Legitimate81220Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 14.88
Illegitimate1—1
Deaths228221449Death Rate per 1,C00 of the estimated resident population 673
Deaths from puerperal causesNil
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births35.11
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births34.58
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births30.76
M.F.Total
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)424991
Deaths from Measles (all ages)—-—
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)—-—
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)336
Deaths from Tuberculosis of respiratory system151429
Deaths from Tuberculosis—other forms (all ages)---
Deaths from Heart Disease (all age3)393{78
Deaths from Bronchitis (all ages)131(23
Deaths from Pneumonia—all forms (all ages)221J37