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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 1960
[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 1960
| District | Estimated population mid-1860 | Live birth rate per 1000 population | Death rate per 1000 population | Specific death rates per 1000 population | Infant mortality per 1000 live births | Maternal mortality per 1000 total births (a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | Coronary disease, angina (a) | Cancer (a) | Infant (a) | Neo-natal (a) | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) |
| Acton | 64, 550 | 16.8 | 16.0 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 2.0 (131) | 2.4 (153) | 24.9 (27) | 18.5 (20) | |
| Brentford and Chiswick | 57,070 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 2.0 (113) | 2.1 (122) | 11.1 (10) | 10.0 (9) | |
| Ealing | 183,390 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 2.0 (369) | 2.4 (438) | 16.0 (44) | 14.5 (40) | 0.36 (1) |
| Edmonton | 93,890 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 1.7 (161) | 2.2 (202) | 23.5 (31) | 18.9 (25) | |
| Enfield | 110,240 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 1.8 (201) | 1.8 (203) | 21.0 (34) | 17.3 (28) | |
| Felthara | 52,290 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 1.3 (69) | 1.6 (82) | 18.2 (17) | 12.8 (12) | |
| Finchley | 68, 980 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 2.3 (159) | 2.1 (148) | 13.3 (14) | 10.5 (11) | |
| Friern Barnet | 28,670 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 13.0 | 9. 5 | 1.7 (48) | 2.7 (77) | 14.1 (5) | 11.3 (4) | |
| Harrow | 214,370 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 11.2 | 1.7 (358) | 2.3 (493) | 18.6 (58) | 14.4 (45) | 0.32 (1) |
| Hayes and Harlington | 69,400 | 18.4 | 15.4 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 1.3 (88) | 1.6 (113) | 21.1 (24) | 17.6 (20) | |
| 2.0 (308) | 2.4 (372) | |||||||||
| Heston and Isleworth | 105, 270 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 1.9 (202) | 2.2 (230) | 18.2 (25) | 13.8 (19) | |
| Hornsey | 96, 570 | 19.6 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 2.5 (242) | 2.5 (242) | 19.0 (36) | 14.2 (27) | |
| Potters Bar | 23,140 | 17.1 | 15.2 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 1.8 (42) | 1.3 (30) | 20.2 (8) | 15.2 (6) | |
| Ruislip and Northwood | 75, 470 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 1.6 (119) | 1.7 (130) | 19.5 (21) | 15.8 (17) | |
| Southall | 53,150 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 2.9 (156) | 2.2 (116) | 17.1 (14) | 14.7 (12) | 1.21 (1) |
| Southgate | 69,880 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 2.9 (200) | 2.7 (189) | 14.8 (14) | 9.5 (9) | |
| Staines | 49, 400 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 1.5 (75) | 1.8 (87) | 18.1 (17) | 11.7 (11) | 1.04 (1) |
| Sunbury | 31,600 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 10. 5 | 12.2 | 1.4 (45) | 2.2 (71) | 20.1 (15) | 13.4 (10) | |
| Tottenham | 115, 030 | 16.7 | 16. 5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 2.2 (255) | 2.4 (276) | 23.4 (45) | 18.7 (36) | 0.51 (1) |
| Twickenham | 103,450 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 2.2 (230) | 2.4 (247) | 13.2 (19) | 12.5 (18) | |
| Ux bridge | 64,620 | 17.2 | 15. 5 | 9.2 | ll.6 | 1.8 (117) | 2.0 (128) | 23.4 (26) | 18.0 (20) | 0.88 (1) |
| Wembley | 126,120 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 1.8 (232) | 2.3 (286) | 13.3 (22) | 9.1 (15) | |
| Willesden | 172,430 | 20.9 | 19.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 1.9 (329) | 2.2 (386) | 15.0 (54) | 11.1 (40) | 0.27 (1) |
| Wood Green | 48,160 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 11. 5 | 11.0 | 2.5 (118) | 2.3 (113) | 30.4 (22) | 23.5 (17) | - (-) |
| Yiewsley and West Drayton | 23,430 | 16.9 | 15.2 | 8.6 | 12.4 | 2.0 (47) | 1.6 (37) | 25.3 (10) | 15.2 (6) | - (-) |
| COUNTY | 2,252,420 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 2. 0(4,414) | 2.2(4571) | 18.6(655) | 14. 5(510) | 0.20 (7) |
Note (a) Absolute numbers are given in parenthesis in addition to rates to afford valid comparison