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ANNUAL REPORT
0F THE
MEDICAL OFFICER 0F HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1944.
July, 1945.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Hendon.
I have the honour to submit my Fifteenth Annual Report on the health
conditions of the Borough for the year 1944. It is issued as an interim
report and only a very brief reference is made to the services now being
operated, but new developments are described more fully.
GENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
Vital Statistics.
The health conditions generally remained good in so far as they
could be judged by vital statistics and by observations made in the maternity
and child welfare, and school medical services.
The Registrar General's figure for the estimated population at the
30th June was 132,360.
The number of births increased slightly, there being 2245 as compared
with 2,223 in the previous year, giving a birth rate of 16.96 per 1,000
population.
Despite the slight increase, the birth rate remains comparatively low,
the rate for the country generally being 17,6 and for the County Boroughs and
great towns including London, 20.3. While the increase is material as compared
with the lowest figure recorded which was 12.09 in 1918, nevertheless the
trend has been downwards as at the beginning of the century the birth rate in
Hendon was 27.5 and in 1890 was 36.7.