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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREAGeneral Statistics

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

General Statistics

Area in acres12,500
Population (Registrar General's estimate)207,700
Estimated number of inhabited houses69,295
Rateable Value£12,199,128
Sum represented by a penny rate£48,645
Vital Statistics
Live Births:—MalefemaleTotal
Legitimate1,4561,3752,831
Illegitimate—95105200
Total1,5511,4803,031
Live Birth rate per 1,000 population14.6
Adjusted Live Birth rate14.9
Birth Rate for England and Wales16.3
Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births7.0
StillbirthsMaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate221739
Illegitimate—1—
Total221739
Still Birth rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births13.0
Total Live and Still Births3,070
Still Birth rate for England and Wales13.0
Infant Deaths (under 1 year of age):—
MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate191130
Illegitimate527
Total241337
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births12 0
Legitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 legitimate live births.11.0
Illegitimate Infant mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births9.0
Infant mortality rate for England and Wales18.0