Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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TABLE I.
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1908 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each year. | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District | |||||
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Number | Rate1 | Under 1 year of Age | At all Ages | |||||||||
Number | Rate per 1,000 Births registered | Number | Rate* | Number | Rate* | |||||||
1898 | 9,293 | 195 | 22.0 | 20 | 102.5 | 109 | 11.7 | 17 | 8 | 117 | 12.5 | |
1899 | 10,077 | 221 | 21.9 | 29 | 131.0 | 108 | 10.7 | 14 | 11 | 119 | 11.8 | |
1900 | 10,540 | 238 | 22.5 | 20 | 84.0 | 103 | 9.7 | 4 | 6 | 109 | 10.3 | |
1901 | 10,540 | 238 | 22.5 | 29 | 121.8 | 90 | 8.5 | 6 | 96 | 9.1 | ||
1902 | 10,850 | 251 | 23.1 | 17 | 67.7 | 88 | 8.1 | 3 | 6 | 94 | 8.6 | |
1903 | 11,337 | 255 | 22.4 | 17 | 66.6 | 87 | 7.6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 96 | 8.4 |
1904 | 12,313 | 277 | 22.4 | 30 | 108.0 | 104 | 8.4 | 6 | 10 | 114 | 9.2 | |
1905 | 13,000 | 313 | 24.0 | 17 | 57.6 | 104 | 8.0 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 123 | 9.3 |
1906 | 13,697 | 327 | 23.2 | 29 | 88.6 | 115 | 8.4 | 3 | 15 | 130 | 9.4 | |
1907 | 14,860 | 350 | 23.5 | 19 | 57.0 | 98 | 6.5 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 111 | 6.9 |
Averages for years 1898-1907 | 11,650 | 266 | 22.7 | 88.4 | 88.4 | 100 | 8.7 | 7 | 9 | 110 | 9.5 | |
1908 | 16,132 | 316 | 21.4 | 95 | 95.0 | 109 | 6.7 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 114 | 7.1 |
* Rates in columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated pec 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of district in acres (exclusive of area coverrd by water), 2,197. At the Census of 1901:—Total population at all
ages, 10,220. Number of inhabited houses, 1,893. Average number of persons per house, 5.3.