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Hendon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE IV. 15—16 Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1925.
| Birth Rate per 1,000 population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles, | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Causes of Death certified by Regd. Medical practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified causes of Death. | ||||
| Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total deaths under 1 year. | ||||||||||||||
| *England and Wales | 18.3 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 8.4 | 75 | 92.1 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
| *105 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London)... | 18.8 | 12.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 10.8 | 79 | 92.1 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| *157 Smaller Towns (1921 adjusted populations 20,000-50,000) | 18.3 | 11.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 7.6 | 74 | 93.0 | 5 9 | 1.1 |
| *London | 18.0 | 11.7 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 0 46 | 10.6 | 67 | 91.1 | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| †Hendon | 15.54 | 9.33 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.67 | 2.1 | 39 | 91.9 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
* Provisional figures. The rates for England and Wales have been calculated on a population estimated to the
middle of 1925, while those for the towns have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1924.
The mortality rates refer to the whole population as regards England and Wales, but only to civilians as regards
London and the groups of towns.
Birth Rate-59,330
† For the purposes of this Table the population of Hendon has been taken as Barth Rate—59,150 (which the
trar General's estimate for the middle of 1925).