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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
Yiewsley and West Drayton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Yiewsley]
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SECTION A
Area in acres 5,276
Total population 1961 (midsummer) (estimated by the
Registrar General) 23,660
Estimated number of inhabited dwellings 6,865
Rateable Value (31st March. 1961) £828,340
Product of the Penny Rate 1961/62 £3,781 11 2
VITAL STATISTICS
LIVE BIRTHS:
Male Female Total
Legitimate 211 213 424
Illegitimate 24 8 32
235 221 456
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 estimated population (adjusted): 1961: 17.3 *
„ „ „ „ „ „ 1960: 14.94*
County of Middlesex: 1961: 16.3
*These figures have been adjusted from 19.27 and 16.9 by the Registrar's
Comparability Factor of .90.
Percentage of Illegitimate Births to total live births = 7.01.
STILL BIRTHS:
Mole Female Total
Legitimate 3 3 6
Illegitimate
3 3 6
Rate per 1,900 (live and still) births (adjusted): 1961: 17.55
„ „ „ „ „ I960: 15.28
These figures have been adjusted from 19.5 and 16.9 by the Registrar's
Comparability factor of .09.
Still birth rate per 1,000 population: 1961: .25
1960: .29
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