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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 1969
[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-1969 205,060
Persons per acre 14.2
Number of habitable premises (1st April 1969) 67,590
Number of new dwellings erected during the
year 1,115
Rateable value (1st April 1969) £16,948,628
Product of a penny rate (estimated 1969/70) £69,800
Vital Statistics
Live births
Number 3,375
Crude rate per 1 000 population 16.5
Adjusted rate per 1 000 population 16.0 (England and Wales 16.3)
Illegitimate live births
Number 289
Per cent of total live births 9.0 (England and Wales 8.0)
Stillbirths
Number 45
Rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths 13.0 (England and Wales 13.0)
Total live and stillbirths 3,420
Infant mortality (deaths under 1 year) 53
Total infant deaths per 1,000 live births 16.0 (England and Wales 18.0)
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births 14.0 (England and Wales 17.0)
Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000
illegitimate live births 31.0 (England and Wales 25.0)
Neonatal mortality (deaths under four weeks)
Number 37
Rate per 1,000 total live births 11.0 (England and Wales 12.0)
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