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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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SECTION A:
Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area
General:
WARDS (9) AREA IN ACRES
Edgware 2,327
Burnt Oak 477
Mill Hill 2,695
West Hendon 1,143
Central 1,139
Park 580
Golders Green 748
Garden Suburb 669
Childs Hill 593
Area of the Borough 10,371
Population figures supplied by Registrar General 151,850
Density of population,i.e., number of persons per acre 14,6
Number of inhabited houses at 31st December 1960 (according to Rate
Book) 44,490
Average number of persons per house 3,41
Rateable value as at 31st December 1960 £3,603,732
Sum represented by a Penny Rate £14, 380
Births
LIVE RIRTHS:
Male
Female
Total
Legitimate
945
907
1,852
Illegitimate
53
56
109
998
963
1,961
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