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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 1969
[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 | |||||