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Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births 42.1
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 39.7
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 109.8
Deaths from Measles (all ages) Nil
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 5
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 12
There was no noteworthy cause of sickness or invalidity
during the year excepting a rather high incidence of scarlet fever
in the earlier part of the year. The incidence of diphtheria
continues to remain light.
Population.
The mid-year estimate of population for the year 1934 was
132,049 and for 1935 144,280. This increase is partly due to the
natural increase of population (i.e. the excess of births over deaths,
this figure being 1,091 in 1934 and 1,415 in 1935) and partly due
to the occupation of the new houses erected (4,331 in 1934 and
4,715 in 1935).
The number of houses inhabited at the mid-year was 39,025,
the average number of persons per house being therefore 3.69,
compared with the figure of 3.68 which obtained in 1934. Applying
this figure to the number of houses occupied at the end of the
year gives a population figure at that date of 152,000.
Birth Rate.
2,523 births were registered during the year, the birth rate per
thousand population being therefore 17.5, compared with the
figure of 16.4 for the district in 1934 and one of 14.7 for England
and Wales. This high birth rate is due to the high proportion of
young adult population in the district, and will probably be repeated
as long as the district continues to grow at its present rate.
Deaths and Death Rate.
Total deaths in the district 674
Outward transfers 54
Inward transfers 488
Deaths of residents 1,108
Of the 54 deaths of non-residents occurring in the district,
eight took place at the Orthopaedic Hospital, seven at the Harrow
and Wealdstone Hospital and 16 in various local nursing and
maternity homes (of which a number were new-born infants), 14
in private houses and five were due to road accidents.
Of the 488 deaths of local residents which occurred outside
the area, most took place in institutions, 190 being at Redhill
Hospital and 65 at other County general hospitals. 22 deaths
occurred at institutions for the treatment of tuberculosis (16 in
County institutions) and 20 at mental hospitals (19 at Shenley).