London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Maternal mortality (including abortion)
Number Nil
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births Nil (England and Wales 0.25)
Deaths (total—all ages)
Number 2,130
Crude rate per 1,000 population 10.3
Adjusted rate per 1,000 population 10.7 (England and Wales 11.5)
Deaths caused by
Cancer (all forms)
Number 476
Rate per million population 2,293 (England and Wales 2,227)
Heart Disease
Number 739
Rate per million population 3,561
All rates for England and Wales are provisional.
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