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Vital Statistics
Area and Population
The London Borough of Hounslow covers an
area of 14,469 acres and contains an estimated
population of 205,060 people, which is 3,833
fewer than those found during the 1961 census.
Although the population appears to be
decreasing, there were 3,375 live births
compared with 2,267 deaths giving a natural
increase of 1,103 persons.
The research and intelligence unit of the
Greater London Council provides estimated
populations of all London Boroughs by age
groups and those for Hounslow are
Deaths
During the year 2,267 deaths were registered,
95 fewer than for 1968 The adjusted death
rate was 11.8 which is almost the same as for
the whole country.
Of the total deaths, 1,161 were males and
1,106 females - almost of equal proportions
but of the 1,309 who died before reaching the
age of 75 years, 61 per cent were males,
whilst of the total of 958 who died after 75
years, 62 per cent were females.

Live births
The number of live births registered during the
year was 3,375 (1,751 male and 1,624 female)
giving a crude live birth rate of 16 5 per
1,000 population
Apart from other causes, both birth and
death rates will vary according to the age and
sex distribution of the population and to
enable a valid comparison with other areas,
the Registrar General provides area comparability
factors. When the birth comparability
factor of 0 97 is applied, the borough s live
birth rate becomes 16 which is almost identical
to that for England and Wales Compared with
1968 the rate for Hounslow increased slightly
whilst that for the whole country showed a
slight fall. There were 289 illegitimate births,
nine more than last year which gives an
illegitimate live birth rate of 9 per cent of
total live births compared with a national rate
of 8 per cent.
Stillbirths
Stillbirths numbered 45 which is equivalent to
the mean for those during the previous four years
Infant Mortality
Fifty three infants died before reaching the
age of one year; 30 were male and 23 female
The infant mortality rate was 16 per 1,000
live births compared with a rate of 18 for the
country as a whole. The illegitimate infant
mortality rate was 31 which is more than
double that for legitimate infant deaths
Maternal Mortality
One death was ascribed to abortion
Infectious Diseases
International certificates of vaccination and
inoculation against smallpox yellow fever
and cholera
Applications for authentication dealt with
by the Medical Officer of Health numbered
5,853 compared with 4,949 for 1968 and
4,171 during 1967
The number of corrected notifications of
infectious diseases received during the year
23