London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Deaths from All Causes: | ||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| 1,148 | 1,013 | 2,161 | ||
| Death Rate per 1,000 population: | ||||
| Hillingdon | Crude | 9.1 | ||
| Corrected | 11.2 | |||
| England and Wales | 11.9 | |||
| Area Comparability Factor: 1.23 | ||||
In calculating the Live Birth Rate and the Death Rate, the crude figures have been adjusted by
the Registrar General's Area Comparability Factors of 0.96 and 1.23, respectively. These factors may
be said to represent a population handicap to be applied to the area, and, when multiplied by the crude
rate, modifies the latter so as to make it comparable with the rate for the country as a whole or with
similarly adjusted rates for any other area; the effect of the comparability factors is to make allowance
for the age and sex distribution of the inhabitants of the district.