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Harrow 1943
[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, midyear, 1943 | - | |||||
| Rateable Value (April 1st, 1913) | £2,110,615 | |||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate (April 1st, 1943) | £8,399 | |||||
| Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. | ||||||
| Live Births:— | Total | Male | Female | |||
| Legitimate | 3,350 | 1,731 | 1,619 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, | ||
| Illegitimate | 150 | 84 | 66 J | |||
| Stillbirths:— | ||||||
| Legitimate | 95 | 52 | 43 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births, | ||
| Illegitimate | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2.4 | ||
| Deaths | 1,749 | 823 | 926 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, | ||
| Rate per 1,000 | ||||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes :— | total (live and still) births | |||||
| Deaths | ||||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 4 | 1.14 | ||||
| Other puerperal causes | 5 | 1.43 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 2.57 | ||||
| Death rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 38.0 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 36.4 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 70.3 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 278 | |||||
| ,, ,, Measles (all ages) | 1 | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 3 | |||||
| ,, ,, Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 20 | |||||
Population.
The Registrar General's estimate of the 1943 mid-year population
is a still further decline on the previous year's figure, which itself was
smaller than that for 1941. The occupation of premises by more than
one family is much more general than ever it was before the war, so it is
to be assumed that the increase in population brought about by the entry
into the district of these new families is not sufficient to outweigh the
losses by so many families contributing one or more of their members to
the Services.
The movement of population, as indicated by the number of children
under six years of age who move into and out of the district each week
is still quite considerable, though an appreciable decline on what occurred