[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council.
- Middlesex (England). County Council. n 99020326.
- Date:
- 1920
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Vital Statistics. Area.—The area of the Administrative County is 148,701 acres, and for purposes of local government it is divided into 37 Sanitary Districts, of which two are Muni¬ cipal Boroughs, 31 are Urban Districts and 4 are Rural Districts. Population.—At the Census in 1911 the enumerated population of the County was 1,126,465. For the year 1920 the estimate of the population given by the Registrar- General is:— (a) The civilian population—1,277,990. This is the population used for calculating the death-rates. (b) The total population—1,280,860. This is used in calculating the birth-rate. Births and Birth-Rates.—The corrected number of births belonging to Middlesex during 1920 was 29,842. This is the highest number recorded since 1900, represents a birth-rate of 23*3 per 1,000 persons, and is a higher rate than in any year since the War, during which it sank to 14*7 in 1918. In years antecedent to 1914 higher rates have been recorded. The highest rates occurred in Brent¬ ford, Edmonton, Tottenham, Uxbridge (urban), Willesden, Staines (rural) and Uxbridge (rural). The following table gives the rates in each of the last five years :— Year. The County. England and Wales.# London.* Great Towns.* Births. Rate per 1,000 liying. Rate per 1,000 living. Rate per 1,000 living. Rate per l,0uu living. 1916 . 25,524 20 -0 21 *6 21 *5 t 1917 . 20,422 16 -0 17 *8 17 -5 18 A 1918 . 19,010 14 -7 17 7 16 A 17-6 1919 . 20,569 16-8 18*5 18-3 19 -0 1920 . 29,842 23*3 25 *4 26 '5 26 ’2 * From the Annual Summaries of the Registrar-General, t Cannot be stated; vide Registrar-General’s Annual Summary [1916, p. 39].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30050510_0004.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
