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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

General Statistics
Area in acres12,500
Population (Registrar General's estimate)208,730
Estimated number of inhabited houses67,463
Rateable value£11,587,322
Sum represented by a penny rate£47,162
Vital Statistics
Live Births:—MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,5831,3982,981
Illegitimate8694180
Total1,6691,4923,161
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population15.1
Adjusted Live Birth rate15.4
Birth Rate for England and Wales17.7
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births5.7
Stillbirths:—MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate251944
Illegitimate437
Total292251
Still Birth rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births15.9
Total Live and Still Births3,212
Still Birth rate for England and Wales15.4
Infant Deaths Cunder 1 year of age)
MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate171532
Illegitimate516
Total221638
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births12.0
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births10.7
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births33.3
Infant mortality rate for England and Wales19.0