Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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This increase, combined with the estimated population to
June of last year, realises a total of 45,194 persons.
Deducting from this figure the non-residents in Public
Institutions in the district (which number 755), I find that
it leaves a population of 44,439 persons belonging to Hendon
District.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Births.
Number of births registered 1085
Births registered but not belonging to district 10
1075
Births registered in other districts and belonging
to Hendon 20
Net number of births belonging to district 1095
Birth-rate 24.64 per 1000
Birth-rate, England and Wales 23.9 per 1000
Of the 1,095 births belonging to the district, 577 were
boys and 518 girls, producing a birth-rate of 24.64 per 1,000
of the population.
Last year the births numbered 1,000 giving a birth-rate
of 23.8 pear 1,000.
There has been an increase of 95 births, as compared with
last year. The excess of births over deaths is 631.
The birth-rate must be considered a favourable one
compared with that of the country generally.
The following are the rates per 1,000 of the population
for respective localities:—