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Hendon 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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2.—VITAL STATISTICS.

The following are the statistics prescribed by the Ministry of Health. They are based on the Registrar General's figures.

Births.

Total.Male.Female.
Legitimate952489463
Illegitimate421923
Total994508486

Birth Rate, 17.9
Deaths, 443
Death Rate, 7.9
Number of women dying in or in
consequence of childbirth, from Sepsis 5
other causes 1
Deaths of Legitimate Infants under one year
of age per 1,000 Legitimate births 58.8
Deaths of Illegitimate infants under one
year of age per 1,000 Illegitimate births 119.
Total deaths of infants under one year of
age per 1,000 total births 61.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 9.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 13.
The following are fuller details of the Vital Statistics for
the year. They are based on the Census population and on
the Office records and differ slightly in some respects from
the Registrar General's figures.
Births (Population—56,014).
Number of Births Registered 882
Number belonging to other Districts 14
868
Births occurring in other Districts and
belonging to Hendon 126
Nett Births belonging to the District 994