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3
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR 1946.
July, 1947.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Borough of Hendon.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my seventeenth Annual
Report on the health of the Borough of Hendon for the year
1946, which in accordance with the instructions contained
in Ministry of Health Circular No. 13/47 has been prepared
as an interim report.
CENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS
VITAL STATISTICS:
The Registrar General's estimate of the population of the
Borough in mid 1946 was 153,820, as compared with 137,770
for the previous year and 115,682 at the last census in 1931.
The number of births increased considerably, 2,651 live
births being registered as compared with 2,239 for the previous
year, giving a birth rate of 17.23 per thousand population.
This rate is, however, comparatively low, compared with the
rate for England and Wales which was 19.1 and for the 126
County Boroughs and great towns, 22.2.
The number of deaths registered was 1481 as compared
with 1,379 for the previous year, giving a death rate of 9.63
per thousand population, the death rate for England and
Wales being 11.5 and 12,7 for the 126 County Boroughs and
great towns,