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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 1968
[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 1968 . 205 580
Persons per acre 14.2
Number of habitable premises (1st April 1968) 66 728
Number of new houses erected during the year 592
Rateable value (1st April 1968) £16.670 626
Product of a penny rate (estimated 1968/69) £69 000
Vital Statistics
Live births
Numoer 3 335
Crude rate per 1 000 population 16 2
Adjusted rate per 1 000 population 15,7 (England and Wales 16 9)
11 leg it imate live births
Numoer 280
Per cent of total live births 8 4 (England and Wales 8 5)
Sti I Ibirths
Number 58
Rate per 1 000 live and stillbirths 17 0 (England and Wales 14)
Total live and stillbirths 3,393
Infant mortality (deaths under 1 year) 60
Total infant deaths per 1 000 live births 18 (England and Wales 18)
Legitimate infant deaths per 1 000 legitimate
live births 17,3
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1 000 illegitimate
live births 25 0
Neonatal mortality (deaths under four weeks)
Number 45
Rate per 1 000 total live births 13 5 (England and Wales 12,3)
Early Neonatal mortality (deaths under one week)
Number 39
Rate per 1 000 total live births 11.7 (England and Wales 10.5)
Perinatal mortality (stillbirths and deaths
under one week combined)
Number 97
Rate per 1 000 total live and stillbirths 29 (England and Wales 25)
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