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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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General Statistics
Area—square miles 42.5
Population—Registrar General's Census for mid-year 1971 236,020
Number of dwellings 76,821
Rateable Value as at 1st April, 1971 £18,512,633
Product of Penny Rate—1971/72 (Estimated) £184,830
Vital Statistics
| Male | Female | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | ... | 1,646 | 1,563 | 3,209 | |
| Illegitimate | ... | 106 | 88 | 194 | |
| 1,752 | 1,651 | 3,403 | |||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 population: | |||||
| Hillingdon —Crude | 14.4 | ||||
| —Corrected | 13.8 | ||||
| England and Wales | 16.0 | ||||
| Area comparability Factor: 0.96 | |||||
| 106 | 88 | 194 | |||
| Percentage of total live births: | 6 | ||||
| Legitimate | 19 | 15 | 34 | ||
| Illegitimate | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 17 | 39 | |||
| Rate per thousand live and still births: | |||||
| Hillingdon | 11 | ||||
| England and Wales | 12 | ||||
| Legitimate | 1,665 | 1,578 | 3,243 | ||
| Illegitimate | 109 | 90 | 199 | ||
| 1,774 | 1,668 | 3,442 | |||
| These births occurred as under: | |||||
| At home | 694 | 3 | |||
| In hospitals, nursing homes or other | |||||
| maternity establishments | 2,709 | 36 | |||
| 3,403 | 39 | ||||