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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE III.
COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX. CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1955.
| District | Population mid-1955 | Birth rate per 1.000 population | Death rate per 1,000 population | Specific death rates per 1,000 population | Infant mortality per 1,000 live births | Maternal mortality per 1.000 total births | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Cancer | Infant | Neo-natal | ||||||||
| (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | |||||
| Acton | 66,720 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 0. 16 | (11) | 2.3 | (151) | 20.0 | (17) | 9.4 | (8) | - | (-) |
| Brentford & Chiswick | 58,750 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 1.12 | (7) | 2.3 | (136) | 12.7 | (10) | 10.2 | (8) | - | |
| Ealing | 184,600 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 0.09 | (17) | 2.0 | (369) | 22.7 | (52) | 15.3 | (35) | 0.43 | (1) |
| Edmonton | 99,200 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 0. 08 | (8) | 1.7 | (165) | 17.5 | (21) | 14.2 | (17) | 1.63 | (2) |
| Enfield | 109,000 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 0.13 | (14) | 2.0 | (223) | 19.1 | (26) | 16.9 | (23) | 0.72 | (1) |
| Feltham | 48,870 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 0.10 | (5) | 1.2 | (61) | 15.3 | (12) | 7.7 | (6) | - | (-) |
| Finchley | 69,860 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 0.10 | (7) | 2.1 | (146) | 21.3 | (19) | 16.8 | (15) | - | (-) |
| Friern Barnet | 28,560 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 0.14 | (4) | 2.4 | (69) | 25.2 | (8) | 18 9 | (6) | - | (-) |
| Harrow | 217,100 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 0.06 | (13) | 1.9 | (413) | 17.1 | (47) | 12.0 | (33) | 0.36 | (1) |
| Hayes & Harlington | 65,400 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 7.4 | 11.1 | 0.17 | (11) | 1.5 | (96) | 21.5 | (20) | 15.0 | (14) | 1.05 | (1) |
| Hendon | 154,000 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 0.07 | (11) | 2.1 | (326) | 20.7 | (40) | 16.0 | (31) | 0.51 | (1) |
| Heston & Isleworth | 105,500 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 0.13 | (14) | 2.0 | (209) | 24.1 | (28) | 17.2 | (20) | - | (-) |
| Hornsey | 97,600 | 13,9 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 0.03 | (3) | 2.1 | (203) | 18.5 | (25) | 13.3 | (18) | 1.45 | (2) |
| Potters Bar | 17,790 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 0.06 | (1) | 1.5 | (27) | 8.3 | (2) | 4.1 | (1) | - | (-) |
| Ruislip & Northwood | 72,700 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 0.11 | (8) | 2.0 | (142) | 22.8 | (21) | 18.5 | (17) | - | (-) |
| Southall | 53,840 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 0.15 | (8) | 2.0 | (109) | 17.2 | (12) | 10.0 | (7) | - | |
| Southgate | 71,870 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 0.11 | (8) | 2.3 | (168) | 19.3 | (15) | 11.6 | (9) | - | (-) |
| Staines | 42,330 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 0.09 | (4) | 1.6 | (67) | 19.1 | (14) | 12.3 | (9) | 1.32 | (1) |
| Sunbury | 25,460 | 17.8 | 16.7 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 0.16 | (4) | 1.5 | (37) | 19.9 | (9) | 17.7 | (8) | - | |
| Tottenham | 122,100 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 0.19 | (23) | 2.5 | (305) | 16.5 | (25) | 13.2 | (20) | 0.65 | (1) |
| Twickenham | 104,300 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 0.14 | (15) | 2.2 | (231) | 22.9 | (29) | 17.4 | (22) | - | |
| Uxbridge | 57,940 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 0.16 | (9) | 1.9 | (108) | 14.2 | (14) | 11.1 | (11) | - | |
| Wembley | 129,000 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 0.04 | (5) | 1.8 | (234) | 17.2 | (24) | 14.3 | (20) | 0.70 | (1) |
| Willesden | 176,000 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 0.14 | (25) | 2.1 | (366) | 20.2 | (53) | 14.5 | (38) | 0.37 | (1) |
| Wood Green | 50,610 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 9.5 | 0.12 | (6) | 2.1 | (105) | 23.6 | (14) | 16.9 | (10) | - | |
| Yiewslety & W. Drayton | 22,900 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 0.13 | (3) | 1.3 | (29) | 23.2 | (9) | 18.0 | (7) | 2.50 | (1) |
| COUNTY | 2,252,000 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 0.11 | (244) | 2.0(4495) | 19.4 | (566) | 14.1(413) | 0.47 | (14) (b) | ||
Notes: (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison.
(b) The interval between the maternal condition and the date of death in two cases exceeded 1 year.
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