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being mostly of births occurring to Harrow mothers in hospitals in Middlesex
or in London.
Deaths.
1,358 persons died in this district in 1952. Of these, 228 were
persons who were not resident in the area. 42 deaths took place in the
various hospitals and 54 in private nursing homes.
Of the 761 deaths of the local residents which occurred outside the
district, most took place in institutions, 279 being at the Edgware General
Hospital. Two mothers and two new-born infants died at maternity
hospitals. 230 deaths took place in hospitals just outside the district,
including four in nearby isolation hospitals, and 130 in various London
hospitals.
Vital events in England and Wales are registered in the areas in
which they occur, and the addresses in which they occur are recorded in
the registers. When the address is not the usual residence the Registrar
transfers the event for statistical purposes to that place. Vital events
relating to people with no usual residence within England and Wales are
not transferable. This means that if anyone dies in this district whose
usual place of residence is not in England or Wales, this death is allotted
to this district. In this way the number of deaths for last year is swollen
by 16, the number of persons not ordinarily resident in England and
Wales who were killed in the railway accident at the Harrow and Wealdstone
Station in October.
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Certain types of institutions are not regarded in ordinary circumstances
as the usual residence of those living there. These include
general, maternity, and special hospitals, maternity homes, nursing
homes, sanatoria, convalescent homes, homes for unmarried mothers,
hotels, boarding houses, etc. On the other hand, there are many institutions
which are regarded as the usual residence of their inmates. These
include accommodation provided under Parts III and IV of the National
Assistance Act, 1948, boarding schools, convents, nursing homes for the
aged and chronic sick, nursing homes (mental) and residential nurseries.
Any deaths occurring then in the following institutions in this district
are allotted to this district: —
Cottage Hospital, Stanmore; Oxhey Grove Hospital, Hatch End;
Little Company of Mary Nursing Home, Harrow; St. Saviours, Harrow
View, Harrow; Stanmore Residential Nursery, Honeypot Lane; St.
Dominics Convent School, Harrow; Wembley Eventide Homes, Priory
Close, Harrow; Springbok House, Stanmore Hill; St. Josephs Convent,
High Street, Wealdstone; " Woodcote," Stonegrove, Edgware; Bowden
House, Sudbury Hill, Harrow; Roxbourne Hospital, Rayners Lane, South
Harrow; Blythwood House, Uxbridge Road, Pinner; Chiswick House,
Moss Lane, Pinner; Pinner House.
The occurrence of deaths at most of these institutions is not common
except such of them as provide accommodation of the type provided at
the Roxbourne Hospital.