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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
Hounslow 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]
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Summary of general and vital statistics relating to the
London Borough of Hounslow
Statistics for the area
Area (including inland water) 14,469 acres
Population—1961 census 208,893
Population—Registrar General's estimate mid-1965 207,550
Persons per acre 14.4
Number of habitable premises (1st April 1965) 64,612
Number of new houses erected during the year 731
Rateable value (all hereditaments) 1st April 1965 £15,232,474
Product of a penny rate (estimated 1965/66) £62,900
Vital Statistics
Live births
Number 3,541
Crude rate per 1,000 population 17.1
Adjusted rate per 1,000 population 16.6 (England and Wales 18.1)
Illegitimate live births
Number 309
Per cent of total live births 8.7 (England and Wales 7.7)
Stillbirths
Number 51
Rate per 1,000 live and still births 14.2 (England and Wales 15.8)
Total live and still births 3,592
Infant mortality (deaths under 1 year) 55
Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births 15.5 (England and Wales 19.0)
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live
births 16.1
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live
births 9.7
Neo-natal mortality (deaths under four weeks)
Number 44
Rate per 1,000 total live births 12.4 (England and Wales 13.0)
Early Neo-natal mortality (deaths under one week)
Number 36
Rate per 1,000 total live births 10.2
Perinatal mortality (still births and deaths under one
week combined)
Number 87
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 24.2 (England and Wales 26.9)
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