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Harrow 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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Harrow-on-the-Hill Urban District Council.
Annual Report on the Health Conditions of the District for
the year 1918, by
DAVID SOMMERVILLE, M.Sc., M.D.
Medical Officer of Health.
Gentlemen of the Harrow Urban District Council,
I have the honour to submit the following brief Report on
the Public Health of the District for the year ending 31st
December, 1918.
vital statistics.
The Registrar General estimates the civil population for
calculating the birth rate as 19,757 and for calculating the
death rate as 17,633.
Births:—There were registered during the year 217
births, viz., 102 males and 115 females. The birth rate per
thousand of the population is therefore 10.9. In 1917 this
rate was 14.9. The average for the previous live years is 18.6.
The birth rate for England and Wales in 1918 was 17.7, and
for the 148 smaller towns 17.9.