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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 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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A judicious man looks at Statistics, not to get knowledge but to save himself from having ignorance
foisted on him.—Carlyle, 1839

Table: General Statistics

General Statistics

Area—square miles42 5
Population—Registrar General's estimate for mid-year 1970235,780
Number of dwellings75,616
Rateable Value as at 1 st April, 1970£18,178,042
Product of Penny Rate—1970/71 (Estimated)£76,070

Table: Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics

Total Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,5761,5783,154
Illegitimate10795202
1,6831,6733,356
Birth Rate per 1,000 population:
Hillingdon —Crude14.2
—Corrected13.6
England and Wales160
Area comparability Factor: 0 96
Illegitimate Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Percentage of total live births:10795202
Still Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate212546
Illegitimate347
242953
Rate per thousand live and still births:
Hillingdon16
England and Wales13
Total Live and Still Births:MaleFemaleTotal
Legitimate1,5971,6033,200
Illegitimate11099209
1,7071,7023,409
These births occurred as under:Live BirthsStill Births
At home7924
In hospitals, nursing homes or other maternity establishments2,56449
3,35653