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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 1958
[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 1958
| District | Population mid-1958 | Live 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 | 65,360 | 15.1 | 14.2 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 0.06 (4) | 2.2 (147) | 22.2 (22) | 18.2 (18) | - (-) |
| Brentford & Chiswick | 57,150 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 0.12 (7) | 2.2 (127) | 17.5 (14) | 12.5 (10) | 1.23 (1) |
| Ealing | 183,000 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 0.05 (10) | 2.2 (398) | 14.8 (39) | 11.4 (30) | - (=) |
| Edmonton | 95,180 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 0.07 (7) | 2.1 (200) | 17.0 (21) | 13.0 (16) | 0.80 (1) |
| Enfield | 109,300 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 0.06 (7) | 2.1 (228) | 19.2 (29) | 15.2 (23) | - (-) |
| Feltham | 50,780 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 7.4 | 11.7 | 0.02 (1) | 1.4 (73) | 21.3 (18) | 16.6 (14) | - (-) |
| Finchley | 69,080 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 0.03 (2) | 2.2 (153) | 20.0 (18) | 10.0 (9) | 1.09 (1) |
| Friern Barnet | 28,540 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 9.0 | 0.04 (1) | 2.2 (62) | 12.2 (4) | 3.0 (1) | - (-) |
| Harrow | 214,300 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 0.04 (8) | 1.9 (414) | 17.0 (48) | 13.8 (39) | 0.70 (2) |
| Hayes & Harlington | 67,780 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 12.0 | 0.06 (4) | 1.5 (101) | 15.1 (17) | 13.3 (15) | - (-) |
| Hendon | 151,500 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 0.07 (10) | 2.2 (330) | 13.9 (27) | 10.3 (20) | 0.51 (1) |
| Heston & Isleworth | 105,100 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 0,05 (5) | 2.0 (214) | 16.6 (21) | 12.7 (16) | - (-) |
| Hornsey | 96,670 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 0.06 (6) | 2.2 (214) | 18.9 (33) | 16.6 (29) | - (-) |
| Potters Bar | 22,000 | 18.1 | 16.3 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 0.18 (4) | 1,4 (31) | 10.1 (4) | 5.0 (2) | - (-) |
| Ruislip-Northwood | 74,930 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 0.04 (3) | 1.8 (137) | 12.9 (13) | 9.9 (10) | - (-) |
| Southall | 52,830 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 0.08 (4) | 2.6 (136) | 20.7 (17) | 15.9 (13) | - (-) |
| Southgate | 70,940 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 0.11 (8) | 2.2 (155) | 21.0 (17) | 16.1 (13) | - (-) |
| Staines | 46,850 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 0.02 (1) | 2.0 (94) | 23.5 (20) | 15.3 (13) | - (-) |
| Sunbury | 28,440 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 0.14 (4) | 2.0 (58) | 14.4 (8) | 5.4 (3) | - (-) |
| Tottenham | 117,700 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 0,08 (10) | 2.5 (297) | 21.7 (38) | 16.0 (28) | 0.56 (1) |
| Twickenham | 103,500 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 0.13 (13) | 2.1 (222) | 24.0 (33) | 17.4 (24) | - (-) |
| Uxbridge | 63,120 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 9.9 | 12.9 | 0.06 (4) | 1.9 (119) | 29.6 (33) | 26.9 (30) | 0.88 (1) |
| Wembley | 126,800 | 12,0 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 0,06 (7) | 2.1 (262) | 19.1 (29) | 12.5 (19) | - (-) |
| Willesden | 173,100 | 18,6 | 17.1 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 0.08 (14) | 2.1 (363) | 21.5 (69) | 16.5 (53) | 0.61 (2) |
| Wood Green | 49,100 | 12,9 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 0.08 (4) | 2.6 (129) | 23.6 (15) | 15.7 (10) | 1.54 (1) |
| Yiewsley & West Drayton | 23,950 | 17,2 | 15.5 | 7.3 | 10.5 | - (-) | 1.4 (34) | 19.4 (8) | 14.5 (6) | 4.75 (2) |
| COUNTY | 2,247,000 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 0.07 (148) | 2.1 (4698) | 18.9 (615) | 14.2 (464) | 0.39 (13) |
Note: (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison.
Deaths of Hendon residents during the year 1958 — classified according to age grouds and sexes.
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