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Harrow 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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The following table shows the proportion per thousand occupied and retired males in the various social classes in Harrow, in Middlesex and in the country as a whole:—

Class12345
Harrow712245607570
Middlesex501855729499
England and Wales33150527162128

The comment in the census report in the Middlesex county figures
reads: "The higher proportion of men in Class 1 in Middlesex is a
feature which appears also in the distribution for other parts of London
and the South-Eastern Regions, and is probably due to the concentration
in and around the Metropolitan area of the higher administrative and
managerial functions of Government and the business world and of the
higher ranks of the legal, medical and some other professions. The
comparatively low proportion in Class 4 is due in part to the low representation
of agricultural occupations and to the absence of mining
activities."

The following table gives particulars of the housing in each of the Wards at the 1951 census:—

WardPopulation, Households and DwellingsDensity of Occupation
AcreagePersonsPrivate HouseholdsPersons per roomPercentage of persons at more than 2 per room
Belmont51912,2023,7430.660.3
Harrow-on-the-Hill and Green hill93711,4893,5880.691.5
Harrow Weald1,21916, 9514,5850.831.5
Headstone63010,6693,4860.670.5
Kenton53514,5374,4650.640.4
Pinner North and Hatch End1,98215,9184,9890.600.4
Pinner South76917,8055,8590.640.2
Queensbury37414,7324,1710.872.4
Roxbourne47814,3414,3250.690.7
Roxeth55815,4034,6900.760.9
Stanmore North2,62717,3954,5250.720.8
Stanmore South43813,3634,0430.791.6
Wealdstone North51117,5915,2700.762.2
Wealdstone South42212,8474,0360.701.1
West Harrow55614,2514,5450.701.0