Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1969 | 237,050 |
Number of dwellings | 74,395 |
Rateable Value—as at 1st April, 1969 | £17,638,329 |
Product of Penny Rate—1969-70 (Actual) | £74,567 |
Vital Statistics
Legitimate | 1,708 | 1,590 | 3,298 | ||
Illegitimate | 115 | 99 | 214 | ||
1,823 | 1,689 | 3,512 | |||
Birth Rate per 1,000 population: | |||||
Hillingdon | Crude | 14.8 | |||
Corrected | 14.2 | ||||
England and Wales | 16.3 | ||||
Area Comparability Factor: 0.96 |
Male | Female | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
115 | 99 | 214 | ||||
Percentage of total live births: 6 | ||||||
Legitimate | 22 | 21 | 43 | |||
Illegitimate | 3 | — | 3 | |||
25 | 21 | 46 | ||||
Rate per thousand live and still births: | ||||||
Hillingdon 13 | ||||||
England and Wales 13 | ||||||
Legitimate | 1,730 | 1,611 | 3,341 | |||
Illegitimate | 118 | 99 | 217 | |||
1,848 | 1,710 | 3,558 | ||||
These births occurred as under: | ||||||
At home | 873 | 2 | ||||
In hospitals, nursing homes or other maternity establishments | 2,639 | 44 | ||||
3,512 | 46 |