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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 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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

General Statistics

Area—square miles42.5
Population—Registrar-General's estimate for mid-year 1968236,990
Number of inhabited dwellings73,201
Rateable Value—as at 1st April, 1968£17,175,654
Product of Penny Rate—1968-69 (Actual)£71,398

Table: Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics

Total Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,6961,6173,313
Illegitimate125122247
1,8211,7393,560
Birth Rate per 1,000 population:
HillingdonCrude15.02
Corrected14.4
England and Wales16.9
Area Comparability Factor: 0.96
Illegitimate Live Births:Male 125Female 122Total 247
Per cent, of total live births: 6.9
Still Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate202545
Illegitimate134
212849
Rate per thousand live and still births:
Hillingdon13.6
England and Wales14.0
Total Live and Still Births:
MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,7161,6423,358
Illegitimate126125251
1,8421,7673,609
These births occurred as under:
Live BirthsStill Births
At home1,0024
In hospitals, nursing homes or other maternity establishments2,55845
3,56049