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Population.
The mid-year estimate of population is 183,500. This increase
of 8,700 over the figure of 174,800 for mid-year 1937 is partly due
to the natural increase of population (i.e., the excess of births over
deaths, this figure being 1,981 in 1938 and 1,750 in 1937) and
partly due to the occupation of the new houses erected (2,890 in
1938 and 4,222 in 1937).
Birth Rate.
3,292 births were registered during the year, the birth rate per
1,000 population being, therefore, 17-9. The corresponding figure
for England and Wales was 14.9 and the local figures for the four
preceding years 1937 to 1934 were 17.7, 17.8, 17.5 and 16.4. A
high birth rate can be anticipated for some years as the recently
erected properties will, on an average, contain a higher than
normal proportion of young adults.
Deaths and Death Rates.
Total deaths in the district 724
Outward transfers 48
Inward transfers 635
Deaths of residents 1,311
Of the 48 deaths of non-residents occurring in the district,
9 took place at the Orthopaedic Hospital, 3 at the Harrow and
Wealdstone Hospital, one at the Stanmore Cottage Hospital, 13
at local nursing or maternity homes and 16 in private houses.
Of the 635 deaths of local residents which occurred outside the
area most took place in institutions, 322 being at Redhill Hospital,
23 at other county hospitals and 8 at Barnet Hospital. 33 deaths
occurred at institutions for the treatment of the tuberculous (18 at
county tuberculosis institutions) and 23 at mental hospitals (21 at
Shenley). 36 deaths occurred in hospitals just outside the district
and 3 at municipal isolation hospitals. 69 deaths took place in
various of the London general and maternity hospitals, including
6 deaths of infants of mothers confined in the hospitals.
Thirty-six local residents died in the Harrow and Wealdstone
Hospital.
1,311 deaths in a population of 183,500 is a death rate of 7.1
compared with local figures of 8.1, 7.7, 7.7 and 7.7 for the years
1934 to 1937, a figure of 11.6 for England and Wales and one of
11.7 for the Great Towns. The corrected death rate obtained by
the application of the areal comparability factor of 1.17 is 8.31.
The corresponding figures for the years 1934 to 1937 were 9.5, 9.01,
9.01 and 9.01.