[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow-on-the-Hill].

  • Harrow (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1909]
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    3 ANNUAL REPORT, 1908. 1, Park Crescent, Portland Place, London, W. January, 30TH 1909. \ To the Chairman and Members of the Harrow Urban District Council. Sirs, I have the honour to present to you my Report for the year ending December, 31st, 1908. The estimated population to the middle of the year was 16,132. BIRTH-RATE. The births of 163 boys and 183 girls were registered during the year, making a total of 346, as compared with 350 in 1907. This gives a birth-rate of 21.4 per thousand, which is a serious decrease compared with that of the previous year, when it was 23.5. This is lower than that of any year in the previous decade. The average for the previous ten years is 227. The birth rate for England and Wales in 1908 was 26.5, and for 142 smaller towns 26. DEATH-RATE. There were 109 deaths registered—59 males and 50 females—the death-rate being 6.7 per thousand, which is slightly more than that of 1907, when it was 6.5 per 1,000. Of these deaths 37 occurred in the March quar ter, 17 in the June quarter, 29 in the September quarter, and 25 in the December quarter. There were 34 deaths in the parish of St. Mary, 35 in Roxeth, and 40 in Greenhill.