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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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GENERAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
VITAL STATISTICS:
The Registrar General's estimate of the population on the
30th June, 1950, was 158,200.
Birth Rate:
The number of live births registered was 2,261, this being 4 more than in the previous year.
TABLE I.
| Live Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | Total | |
| Legitimate | 1112 | 991 | 2103 |
| Illegitimate | 89 | 69 | 158 |
| 2261 | |||
The comparability figure for the Borough is 0.92 which
allows for the varying age and sex distribution of the population
in different areas and is given so that a comparison may
be made with other districts and with the country as a whole.
The crude birth rate, therefore, was 14.29 and the corrected
birth rate 13.15 as compared with 15.8 for the country generally.
Death Rate:
The number of deaths registered during the year was
1,501 as compared with 1,522 in the previous year. The crude
death rate being 9.49 but when corrected by the comparability
figure, in this case 1.09, the correct death rate becomes 10.34
as compared with that of the country generally of 11.6.
Infantile Mortality:
The infantile mortality rate, that being the number of
deaths of infants under one year of age, as related to the number
of live births registered is the lowest ever recorded,
namely, 15.9 as compared with 22 in the previous year. The
rate for the country generally was 29.8.
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