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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Barnet 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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STATISTICS
Area (in acres) 22,124
Population —
Registrar - General's Estimate Mid 1970 313,080
Number of Inhabited Dwellings, 1st April, 1970 -
Houses and Flats 100,838
Other properties with living accommodation 738
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1970 £22,779,527
Product of penny rate 1970/71 £90,600

Table: LIVE BIRTHS

LIVE BIRTHS

MALESFEMALESTOTAL
Legitimate1,9731,8163,789
Illegitimate156145301
2,1291,9614,090

Table: Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births

Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births

BARNET7.4
GREATER LONDON11.3
INNER LONDON16.2
OUTER LONDON8.3
ENGLAND AND WALES8.3

Table: Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population:-

Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population:-

BARNET13.1
AREA COMPARABILITY FACTOR0.99
CORRECTED RATE -BARNET12.9
GREATER LONDON14.1
INNER LONDON14.0
OUTER LONDON14.3
ENGLAND AND WALES (PROVISIONAL)16.0