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Hillingdon 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Statistics, Infectious Diseases, Health Control Unit London (Heathrow) Airport 11
General Statistics
Area—square miles 42.5
Population—Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year 1967 234,470
Number of inhabited dwellings 71,722
Rateable Value—as at 1st April, 1967 £16,612,642
Product of Penny Rate—1967-68 (Actual) £69,592 6s. 8d.
Vital Statistics
| Total Live Births: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Legitimate | 1,785 | 1,721 | 3,506 | |||
| Illegitimate | 130 | 120 | 250 | |||
| 1,915 | 1,841 | 3,756 | ||||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 population: | ||||||
| Hillingdon | Crude 16.0 | |||||
| Corrected 15.4 | ||||||
| England and Wales 17.2 Area Comparability Factor:0.96 | ||||||
| Illegitimate Live Births: | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| 130 | 120 | 250 | ||||
| Per cent. of total live births: 6.7 | ||||||
| Still Births: | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Legitimate | 23 | 16 | 39 | |||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 25 | 18 | 43 | ||||
| Rate per thousand live and still births: | ||||||
| Hillingdon 11.32 | ||||||
| England and Wales 14.8 | ||||||
| Total Live and Still Births: | ||||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||
| Legitimate | 1,808 | 1,737 | 3,545 | |||
| Illegitimate | 132 | 122 | 254 | |||
| 1,940 | 1,859 | 3,799 | ||||
| These births occurred as under: | ||||||
| Live Births | Still Births | |||||
| At home | 1,029 | 4 | ||||
| In hospitals, nursing homes or other maternity establishments | 2,727 | 39 | ||||
| 3,756 | 43 | |||||