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 East Barnet]
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births | 1960 | 1961 |
---|---|---|
Live births (rates per 1,000 population) | 12.3 | 13.2 |
Still births (rates per 1,000 population) | 0.15 | 0.20 |
Still births (rates per 1,000 total; live and still births) | 12.6 | 16.9 |
deaths
Infants under 1 year of age (rate per 1,000 live births | 20.6 | 22.4 |
Total all ages (rate per 1,000 population) | 9.86 | 12.67 |
The Registrar General's Comparability Factors for Births and Deaths have been taken into account when calculating the above rates. | ||
Death rate of legitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000 legitimate births | 16.8 | 16.5 |
Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000 illegitimate births | 76.9 | 166.6 |
TABLE 1
Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1961
DISEASES | Total Cases Notified | Under 1 year | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5-9 years | 10-14 years | 15-24 years | 25 years and over |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 9 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | 3 | ......... | ......... | 1 | ......... | 1 | ......... | 1 | ......... | ......... |
Measles | 663 | 3 | 39 | 82 | 71 | 75 | 354 | 31 | 5 | 3 |
Dysentery | 56 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ......... | 2 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
Acute Pneumonia | 7 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 | 6 | |
Food Poisoning | 1 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 | ......... | ......... |
Erysipelas | 1 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 |
Chicken Pox | 135 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 5 |
Totals | 875 | 10 | 43 | 99 | 87 | 87 | 456 | 57 | 13 | 23 |
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