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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
Hendon 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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| 1897. | 1898. | |
|---|---|---|
| Infant death-rate for whole parish | 200 | 151 per 1,000 |
| Hendon, including West Hendon and Burnt Oak | 82 | 203 „ |
| Hendon (Central only) | .. | 134 „ |
| Hendon (West only).. | .. | 268 „ |
| Child's Hill | 341 | 149 „ |
| Cricklewood | 131 | 233 „ |
| Burnt Oak | .. | 250 „ |
| Temple Fortune | .. | 142 „ |
| Mill Hill | .. | 60 „ |
The mortality in Cricklewood and West Hendon has much
increased, in comparison with former figures. This has been
mainly due to a very severe epidemic of diarrhoea which pervaded
these districts during the summer months and which caused such
a high mortality in Child's Hill in 1897.
BIRTH RATE.
Five hundred and sixty-two children were registered, as against
583 in the previous year, or 21 less. This is not what one would
have expected, especially in a district like West Hendon, which
consists of mostly a young growing population. The excess of
births over deaths is 180.
The following are the births in the different Wards:—
| Central Hendon | 164 |
| West Hendon | 126 |
| Child's Hill | 114 |
| Cricklewood | 62 |
| Mill Hill | 33 |
| Hendon Workhouse | 29 |
| Temple Fortune | 14 |
| Burnt Oak | 20 |
| 562 |