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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

Hillingdon 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Statistics, Infectious Diseases, Health Control Unit London (Heathrow) Airport

Table: General Statistics

General Statistics

Area—square miles42.5
Population—Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year 1966233,030
Number of inhabited dwellings70,294
Rateable Value—as at 1st April, 1966£16,308,816
Product of Penny Rate—1966-67 (estimated)£68,419

Table: Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics

MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,8301,6973,527
Illegitimate120121241
1,9501,8183,768
Birth Rate per 1,000 population:
HillingdonCrude16.2
Corrected15.5
England and Wales Area Comparability Factor: 0.9617.7
Illegitimate Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
120121241
Per cent, of total live births: 6.4
Still Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate212445
Illegitimate123
222648
Rate per thousand live and still births: Hillingdon12.6
England and Wales15.4
Total Live and Still Births: Legitimate IllegitimateMale 1,851 121 1,972Female 1,721 123 1,844Total 3,572 244 3,816
These births occurred as under:,Live BirthsStill Births
At home1,0386
In hospitals, nursing homes or other maternity establishments2,73042
3,76848