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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hendon 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: The following is a summary of the work carried out by the rodent operatives acting under the general supervision of the District Sanitary Inspectors:—

The following is a summary of the work carried out by the rodent operatives acting under the general supervision of the District Sanitary Inspectors:—

Local Authority's Property.Dwelling Houses.Business Premises.
Number of properties inspected101514147
Number of inspections and visits made715572485
Number of treatments carried out:— (a) Rats760746
(b) Mice328842

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STATISTICS.
Area (in acres) 10,361
Population, 1950 (Registrar-General's Estimate) 158,200
Number of Inhabited Houses (1950) 41,450
Rateable Value (1950) £2,004,207
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £8,158
Total Live Births 2,261
Birth Rate per 1,000 population13.15
Birth Rate per 1,000 population (England and
Wales) 15.8
Total Stillbirths 26
Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births 11.37
Total Deaths 1,501
Death Rate per 1,000 population 10.34
Death Rate per 1,000 population (England and
Wales) 11.6
Infant Deaths 36
Infant Mortality Rate 15.9
Infant Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 29.8
Maternal Deaths 2
Maternal Mortality Rate 0.87
Maternal Mortality Rate (England and Wales) 0.86
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