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Ruislip-Northwood 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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Statistics
| Northwood Ward | 2,088 acres | |
| Eastcote Ward | 1,231 acres | |
| Ruislip Ward | 1,757 acres | |
| South Ruislip Ward | 1,507 acres | |
| Total area of district | 6,583 acres | |
POPULATION
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population for the
mid-year :—
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
64,270 66,010 67,090 69,640 71,220
Population Census, 1951 68,274
Number of Inhabited dwellings 20,134
BIRTH RATE
| 1951 | 1952 | Basis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Births | Birth Rate | No. of Births | Birth Rate | ||||||
| M. | F. | Total | M. | F. | Total | ||||
| Live Births— | |||||||||
| legitimate | 481 | 459 | 940 | 13.498 | 435 | 864 | Per 1,000 Registrar-General's Estimated Resident Population. | ||
| Illegitimate | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.344 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 0.533 | |
| Total | 491 | 473 | 964 | 13.842 | 456 | 446 | 902 | 12.664 | |
| Still Births— | |||||||||
| legitimate | 9 | 8 | 17 | 17.312 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 23.681 | Per 1,000 total (i.e., Live and Still Births) |
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | 1.018 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Total ... | 10 | 8 | 18 | 18.330 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 29.063 | |
| Total Births Registered— | |||||||||
| Legitimate | 490 | 467 | 957 | 13.742 | 442 | 444 | 886 | 12.44 | Per 1,000 Registrar-General's Estimated Resident Population. |
| Illegitimate | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0.359 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 0.604 | |
| Total | 982 | 14.101 | 929 | 13.044 | |||||
The Crude Birth Rate of 13.044 shows a slight decrease from the
figure of 14.101 for 1951.
For the purpose of comparison with other areas, the corrected
Birth Rate is 11.348.
The Corrected Birth Rate is obtained by multiplying the Crude
Birth Rate by 0.87, the Comparability Factor supplied by the
Registrar-General.
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