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Harrow 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA
Area (in acres) 12,555
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, mid-year
1958 214,300
Rateable Value (1st April, 1958) £3,723,475
Sum represented by a penny rate (1st April, 1958) £15,151
Total number of occupied houses and flats 64,083
| Live Births:— | Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,425 | 1,313 | 2,738 | |
| Illegitimate | 56 | 36 | 92 | |
| Total | 1,481 | 1,349 | 2,830 | |
| Live birth rate per 1,000 population | 13.2 | |||
| Illegitimate live births per cent. of total live births | 3.2 | |||
| Stillbirths:— | Male | Female | Total | |
| Legitimate | 22 | 24 | 46 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 24 | 47 | |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 16.3 | |||
| Total live and stillbirths | 2,877 | |||
| Deaths:— | ||||
| Number | 1,992 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 population | 9.3 | |||
| Deaths of infants under one year of age | 48 | |||
| Infant mortality rate | 17.0 | |||
| Legitimate infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 16.4 | |||
| Illegitimate infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 32.5 | |||
| Neonatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 13.5 | |||
| Maternal deaths (including abortions) | 2 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 0.70 | |||
| Death from Cancer | 414 | |||
| Measles | 1 | |||
| Whooping cough | - | |||
| Tuberculosis | 8 | |||
The mid-year population of the district was estimated to be 214,300.
This includes members of the armed forces stationed in the district.
In each of the post-war years the population of the district increased
to reach the highest figure of 222,300 in 1950. From that time there has
been a slight fall each year in the estimated population, the mid-year
1958 figure being 214,300, a fall of 700 on that of the previous year. This
fall took place in spite of the natural increase in population which is the
excess of births over deaths and which last year was 746. Some at least of
the fall is to be explained by the movement of some families out of the
district to new and to expended towns. Quite apart from these transfers
though there is a steady movement of population in and out of such
district as this.