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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Harrow 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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Neo Natal Deaths (under four weeks of age):—
| Male | Female | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| Illegitimate | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 10 | 25 | |
| Neo-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 7.6 | |||
| Neo-natal mortality rate for England and Wales | 13.0 | |||
| Early Neo-natal mortality rate (first week) per 1,000 live births | 6.9 | |||
| Peri-natal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 19.4 | |||
| Maternal Mortality:— | ||||
| Maternal deaths | 2 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births | 0.59 | |||
| Maternal mortality rate for England and Wales .. | 0.25 | |||
| Deaths:— | ||||
| 1,057 | 975 | 2,032 | ||
| Death rate per 1,000 population: | ||||
| Crude Death Rate | 9.7 | |||
| Comparability Factor | 1.04 | |||
| Adjusted Death Rate.. | 10.1 | |||
| Death rate for England and Wales | 11.5 | |||
Population
The estimated mid-year population was 209,600 which, in spite of a
natural increase in population—excess of births over deaths—of 1,277
was 650 lower than the figure calculated for 1964. The number of occupied
houses and flats rose by 91 to 66,854.
Births
The total number of births during the year was 3,309 (1,684 male and
1,625 female). 187 of these births were illegitimate, giving a percentage
of total births of 5.7 as compared with a percentage of 6.1 for 1964.
Total number of live and still births 3,351
Local births 832
(a) domiciliary confinement 820
(b) nursing home confinement 12
2,519 birth notifications were transferred from other districts, being
mostly births occurring to Harrow mothers in hospitals in Middlesex or in
London. The birth rate was 15.8 per 1,000 population, which when corrected
by the application of the Registrar General's area comparability
factor, gives a birth rate of 16.1 as compared with the birth rate of 18.1
per 1,000 population for England and Wales.