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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX.
CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.
| District | Population mid-1956 | 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 (a) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Pulmonary Tuberculosis (a) | Cancer (a) | Infant (a) | Neo-natal (a) | ||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | |||||
| Acton | 66,240 | 13,8 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 0.14 | (9) | 2.2 | (149) | 23.0 | (21) | 13.1 | (12) | - | (-) |
| Brentford & Chiswick | 58,330 | 14.1 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 0.07 | (4) | 2.8 | (150) | 18.2 | (15) | 15.6 | (12) | - | (-) |
| Ealing | 134,200 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 0.11 | (21) | 1.8 | (329) | 13.9 | (35) | 10.7 | (27) | - | (-) |
| Edmonton | 98,110 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 0.13 | (13) | 2.2 | (214) | 22 9 | (29) | 15.8 | (20) | - | (-) |
| Enfield | 109,000 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 0.09 | (10) | 2.1 | (229) | 24.3 | (33) | 17.7 | (24) | - | (-) |
| Feltham | 49,230 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 6.6 | 10.6 | 0.06 | (3) | 1.3 | (65) | 21.9 | (18) | 18.2 | (15) | - | (-) |
| Finchley | 69,800 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 0.11 | (8) | 2.2 | (152) | 13,2 | (12) | 8.8 | (8) | 1.08 | (1) |
| Friern Barnet | 28,570 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 17.7 | 9.7 | 0.04 | (1) | 2.2 | (62) | 21.1 | (7) | 15.1 | (5) | - | (-) |
| Harrow | 216.200 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 0.06 | (13) | 1.9 | (409) | 21.1 | (59) | 16.8 | (47) | 0.70 | (2) |
| Hayes & Harlmgton | 66,460 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 7.5 | 12.2 | 0.08 | (5) | 1.6 | (106) | 14.8 | (15) | 11.8 | (12) | 0.97 | (1) |
| Hendon | 153,200 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 10. 2 | 10.7 | 0.11 | (17) | 2.2 | (332) | 18.0 | (36) | 15.5 | (31) | (-) | |
| Heston & Isleworth | 105,100 | 11,8 | 11.7 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 0.10 | (11) | 2.0 | (215) | 17.8 | (22) | 14 6 | (18) | - | (-) |
| Hornsey | 97.220 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 0.12 | (12) | 2.2 | (217) | 23.3 | (34) | 15.8 | (23) | 1.34 | (2) |
| Potters Bar | 18,910 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 9.2 | 11.7 | - | (-) | 1.8 | (34) | 27 0 | (8) | 20.3 | (6) | - | (-) |
| Ruislip & Northwood | 73,930 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 0.01 | (1) | 16 | (119) | 15.8 | (16) | 11.8 | (12) | 0.98 | (1) |
| Southall | 53,220 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 12.3 | 10.5 | 0.17 | (9) | 2, 4 | (127) | 18.2 | (13) | 14.0 | (10) | 1.39 | (1) |
| Southgate | 71,670 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 0.03 | (2) | 2.6 | (184) | 13.8 | (11) | 7.5 | (6) | - | (-) |
| Staines | 44,200 | 17.2 | 16.2 | 8.8 | 10.7 | 0.07 | (3) | 1.9 | (82) | 23.7 | (18) | 22.4 | (17) | - | (-) |
| Sunbury | 26,700 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 0.04 | (1) | 1.3 | (36) | 19.1 | (10) | 11.5 | (6) | - | (-) |
| Tottenham | 120,700 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 0.15 | (18) | 2.3 | (273) | 24,4 | (38) | 21.8 | (34) | 1.25 | (2) |
| Twickenham | 104,000 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 0.14 | (15) | 2.1 | (223) | 10.5 | (14) | 6.8 | (9) | 0.74 | (1) |
| Uxbridge | 59,640 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 0.07 | (4) | 1.6 | (94) | 17 9 | (19) | 11.3 | (12) | - | (-) |
| Wembley | 128,300 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 0.06 | (8) | 2.1 | (265) | 16.8 | (25) | 12.7 | (19) | 1.32 | (2) |
| Willesden | 174,900 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 0.14 | (25) | 2.1 | (372) | 22.8 | (61) | 17.9 | (48) | 1.83 | (5) |
| Wood Green | 50,100 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 0.02 | (1) | 2 5 | (123) | 17.3 | (10) | 15.6 | (9) | - | (-) |
| Yiewsley & W. Drayton | 23,070 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 6.5 | 9.1 | - | (-) | 1.1 | (26) | 16.4 | (7) | 14.1 | (6) | - | (-) |
| COUNTY | 2,251,000 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 0.10 | (214) | 2.0( | 4587) | 19.1 | (586) | 14.6 | (448) | 0.58 | (18) |
| Note: (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison. | |||||||||||||||