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Harrow 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table: STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

Area (in acres)12,555
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, midyear 1959213,700
Rateable Value (1st April, 1959)£3,767,150
Sum represented by a penny rate (1st April 1959)£15,545
Total number of occupied houses and flats64,284

Table: Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year

Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year

Live Births:—MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,3911,4122,803
Illegitimate6860128
Total1,4591,4722,931
Live birth rate per 1,000 population13.7
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births4.3
Stillbirths:—MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate231841
Illegitimate112
Total24194314.4
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths
Total live and stillbirths2,974
Deaths:—2,078
Number
Death rate per 1,000 population9.7
Deaths of infants under one year of age44
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births15.0
Legitimate I.M. rate per 1,000 legit, live births14.3
Illegitimate I.M. rate per 1,000 illegit. live births35.7
Neonatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births11.6
Early neonatal mortality rate (deaths under 1 week)10.8
Perinatal mortality rate25.2
Maternal deaths (including abortions)—
Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths—
Death from Cancer444
Measles1
Whooping Cough-
Tuberculosis0

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Population
The mid-year population of the district was estimated to be 213,700.
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 220,300 in 1950. From that time
there has been a slight fall each year in the estimated population, the midyear
1959 figure being 213,700, a fall of 600 on that of the previous year.
This fall took place in spite of the natural increase in population which