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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
Area (acres)5 159
Population (Census 1951)65 608
Population (mid year 1956 Registrar Generals
estimate of civilian population)66 460
Number of inhabited houses at 31st December 1956 18 967
Rateable value (estimated) as at 31st December
1956 £1 031 131
Product of penny rate £4 468
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR
Live Births
M F Total) Birth rate per
Legitimate 513 463 976 1,000 of the
Illegitimate 23 14 37 estimated pop
ulation 15.2
Comparability Factor is 0.94 giving a
corrected birth rate of 14 3
Birth rate for England and Wales 15.7
Birth rate for County of Middlesex (corrected) 13.2
Stillbirths
M F
Legitimate 9 10
Illegitimate
Deaths: M F
282 27
Total) Rate per 1,000
19 total (live &
still) births 18.4
Total Death rate per
499 1.000 of the
estimated population
7.5
Comparability Factor is 1,62 giving a
corrected death rate of 12.5
Death rate for England and Wales 11.7
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