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illegitimate. The total births last year was 254. The birth rate
for this year is 19.72; last year it was 14.45 and the previous
year 13.82.
Deaths and Death Rate.
The number of deaths registered in the District was 126; last
year the number was 118. There were 12 deaths of non-residents
registered in the District, and 27 deaths of residents occurred
outside the district. The corrected figure therefore is 141,
giving a death rate of 8.036, as against death rate of 9.364 of
last year, and 12.716 of the previous year, a decrease which speaks
well for the healthy condition of the district.
Principal causes of death.
Diseases of the respiratory organs caused 24 deaths namely:
Phthisis 5, Bronchitis 11, and Pneumonia 8. Only one death took
place from Influenza.
Cancer caused 31 deaths, 6 of which occurred outside the district.
The ages and sex were
Male: 54, 68, 79, 33, 70, 63, 60, 54, 62, 61, 44, 43, 61. Total 13.
Female: 63, 57, 73, 74, 76, 54, 45, 56, 29, 66, 42, 67, 63, Total 18.
60, 73, 33, 58, 32. Total 18
Last year there were 16 deaths from this disease, equally
divided between the sexes.
Infantile Mortality.
Sixteen infants under one year old died during the year. The
death rate per 1000 nett births is 46.53. Last year it was 51.18,
and the year before 55.77, a very steady decrease. Of these 16
deaths 5 were due to premature birth, one to injury at birth, and
4 to congenital debility.
Principal Zymotic Diseases.
Deaths for this year under the above heading total 5, giving a
death rate of 0.284. The number last year was 16, of which number
influenza caused 13.
The total of 5 is accounted for as follows Measles 2,
Diphtheria 1, Influenza 1, Erysipelas 1.
Poor Law Relief.
The amount expended on Poor law relief (outdoor) in the district
for the year 1920 is £383, and there are I understand no special
Poor Law Orders in the district.
Hospitals.
The Hospitals serving this district are The Stanmore & Bushey
Heath Cottage Hospitals,the Hendon Union Infirmary, Stanmore
Isolation Hospital, the Willesden & Harrow Isolation Hospitals, and
various Metropolitan Hospitals.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DISTRICT.
Water Supply.
The district is supplied by the ???olne Valley Water Company, and
practically every house is connected. It is a constant service of
very pure water obtained from deep wells in the chalk near Watford.
It is artificially softened. No complaints were received during the
year.
Rivers.
The river Pinn and the Edgware Brook run through the district.
They have not given rise to any trouble during the year, and no
pollutions found. A serious pollution of a ditch caused by the