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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE III.
COUNTY COUNCIL OP MIDDLESEX CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1959
| District | Estimated Population mid-1959 | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Coronary Disease, angina | Cancer | Infant | Neo-natal | |||
| (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | (a) | ||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| Acton | 64,800 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 2.1(134) | 2.1(136) | 19.2(20) | 17.3(18) | |
| Brentford and Chiswick | 56,970 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.8(104) | 2.1(121) | 27.1(22) | 22.2(18) | 1.21(1) |
| Ealing | 182,700 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 1.9(341) | 2.2(393) | 16.7(45) | 12.6(34) | |
| Edmonton | 94,420 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 1.6(152) | 2.4(231) | 23.3(30) | 20.2(26) | |
| Enfield | 109,700 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 1.5(167) | 2.1(227) | 19.7(29) | 14.2(21) | 0.67(1) |
| Feltham | 51,750 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 1.3(69) | 1.4(71) | 24.8( 20) | 19.9(16) | |
| Finchley | 68,920 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 2.0(136) | 2.4(164) | 20.4(19) | 13.9(13) | |
| Friern Barnet | 28,660 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 10.5 | 2.0(57) | 2.3(66) | 43.6(15) | 40.7(14) | -(-) |
| Harrow | 213,700 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 1.8(379) | 2.1(444) | 15.0(44) | 11.6(34) | -(-) |
| Hayes and Harlington | 68,670 | 16.2 | 15.2 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 1.5(104) | 1.8(122) | 18.0(20) | 14.4(16) | 0.88(1) |
| Hendon | 151,500 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 1.9(286) | 2.3(347) | 19.3(38) | 16.3(32) | 1,50(3) |
| Heston and Isleworth | 105,000 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 1.7(181) | 2.2(227) | 16.5(21) | 14.1(18) | 0.77(1) |
| Hornsey | 96,430 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 2.4(227) | 2.3(225) | 24.8(43) | 21. 4(37) | -(-) |
| Potters Bar | 22,750 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 8.8 | 12.2 | 1.6(37) | 1.5(34) | 19.3(7) | 8.3(3) | -(-) |
| Ruislip and Northwood | 75,330 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 10. 3 | 1.4(106) | 1.9(143) | 16.8(17) | 12.9(13) | 0.98(1) |
| Southall | 52,900 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 2.2(114) | 2.1(113) | 22.9(17) | 17.5(13) | 1.33(1) |
| Southgate | 70,680 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 2.5(177) | 3.0(211) | 15.3(13) | 12.9(11) | 1.15(1) |
| Staines | 47,910 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 9.6 | 12.2 | 1.7(82) | 2.0(97) | 15.7(14) | 13.4(12) | |
| Sunbury | 29,710 | 19.4 | 17.3 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 1.3(38) | 2.3(68) | 17.3(10) | 12.1(7) | |
| Tottenham | 116,100 | 15. 1 | 14.9 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 2.0(227) | 2.4(280) | 24.0(42) | 19.4(34) | 0.56(1) |
| Twickenham | 103,600 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 2.3(237) | 2.2(229) | 16.8(23) | 12.4(17) | -(-) |
| Uxbridge | 63,730 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 1. 5(93) | 1.7(110) | 19.7(21) | 19.7(21) | 0.92(1) |
| Wembley | 126,300 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 1.9(237) | 2.2(278) | 14.4(23) | 13.2(21) | -(-) |
| Willesden | 172,800 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 1.8(303) | 2.4( 420) | 19.5(66) | 14.5(49) | |
| Wood Green | 48,520 | 14 .1 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 2.1(104) | 2.9(141) | 20.5(14) | 14.7(10) | 1.43(1) |
| Yiewsley and West Drayton | 23,450 | 18.8 | 16.9 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 1.4(34) | 1.7(41) | 18.1(8) | 13.6(6) | -(-) |
| COUNTY | 2,247,000 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 1.8(4126) | 2.2(4939) | 19.4(641) | 15.5(514) | 0.39(13) |
Note (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison.