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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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| Area (acres) | 5,171 |
| Population (Census 1931) | 22,969 |
| Population (mid-year 1951—Registrar General's estimate of civilian population) | 65,270 |
| Number of inhabited houses as at 31st December, 1951 | 17,318 |
| Rateable Value (estimated) as at 31st December, 1951 | £431,308 |
| Product of a penny rate | £1,725 |
| Live Births :— | |||||||
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 14.37 | |||||||
| Legitimate | 506 | 400 | 906 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 16 | 16 | 32 | ||||
| Comparability factor is 0.91, giving a corrected birth rate of | 13.07 | ||||||
| Stillbirths :— | |||||||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births) 19.85 | |||||||
| Legitimate | 11 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Death rate | 7.66 | ||||||
| Deaths | 267 | 233 | 500 | ||||
| Comparability factor is 1.50, giving a corrected death rate of | 11.49 | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes | Nil | ||||||
| Death rate of infants under one year of age :— | |||||||
| 14.93 | |||||||
| (b) Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 14.35 | ||||||
| (c) Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 31.28 | ||||||
| Deaths from :— | |||||||
| Cancer | 52 | 41 | 93 | ||||
| Measles | — | — | — | ||||
| Whooping cough | — | — | — | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 17 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Heart disease | 62 | 64 | 126 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 18 | 11 | 29 | ||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 25 | 18 | 43 | ||||