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Hendon 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Gross Death Rate 12.06
Recorded Death Rate 7.9
Corrected Death Rate (correction Factor
1911 Census) 8.35
Death Rate, England and Wales 12.1
,, ,, London 12.4
,, ,, g6Great Towns, including
London (1911 Census populations exceeding
50,000) 12.3
Death Rate, 148 Smaller Towns (1911
Census populations 20,000—50,000) 11.3
36% of the deaths of residents were of persons over the
age of 65 years.
The number of deaths in each locality is set out in the
table below:—
Mill Hill 49
Burnt Oak 14
Central Hendon 83
West Hendon 81
Golders Green and Temple Fortune 96
Child's Hill and Cricklewood 120
CAUSES OF DEATH.
A table has been prepared which shows the causes of
and ages at death.
The Zymotic Death Rate for the year is .57, the causes of
death on which the rate is based are :—
Small Pox nil
Measles nil
Scarlet Fever nil
Diphtheria 9
Whooping Cough 9
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 12
Enteric Fever 2
Total 32