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Harrow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 12,558
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population,
mid-year, 1938 183,500
Number of inhabited houses including flats (end of
1938) according to Rate Books 54,460
Rateable Value (April 1st, 1939) . £2,044,599
Sum represented by a penny rate (1938-9) £7,866
Social Conditions of Inhabitants.
See Annual Report for the year 1934.
The Manager of the Local Labour Exchange reports that the
figures of unemployment for 1938 do not differ materially from those
in previous years. For males the heaviest winter figure, which
was during a period of very severe weather, was about 2,500. The
previous steady flow of persons from distressed areas into this
district is apparently diminishing in volume.
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
| Live Births :— | Total. | Male. | Female. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 3,187 | 1,641 | 1,546 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 17.9 | |
| Illegitimate | 105 | 56 | 49 | ||
| Stillbirths :— | |||||
| Legitimate | 102 | 60 | 42 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, 3.1. | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Deaths | 1,311 | 674 | 637 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, 7.1. | |
| Deaths from puerperal causes:— | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 3 | 0.88 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 9 | 2.64 | |||
| Total | 12 | 3.52 | |||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age :— | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 38.3 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 36.6 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 87.6 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 212 | ||||
| „ ,, Measles (all ages) | 2 | ||||
| „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 2 | ||||
| „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 25 | ||||