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Barnet 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]

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DEATH RATE.
165 deaths were registered in the District during the
past year, as compared with 182 in 1911, and 128 in 1910.
The crude Death Rate is 15.4 per 1,000 of the population
living at all ages, based upon the estimated population for the
District.
Four deaths of residents belonging to the District occurred
in Public Institutions outside the District, while 50 deaths not
belonging to the District occurred in Public Institutions within
the District.
After making allowance for these deaths a nett Death
Rate of 109 per 1,000 is obtained.
Number of deaths of persons not belonging to the District
occurring in Public Institutions inside the District:—
The Workhouse 42
Victoria Cottage Hospital 6
Isolation Hospital Nil
Other 2
Total 50
Number of deaths of persons belonging to the District
occurring in Public Institutions outside the District:—
Herts County Asylum 1
Middlesex County Asylum Nil
Other 3
Total 4

The following table gives the gross and nett Death Rates for each Parish within the District:—

Parish.Gross Death Rate.Corrected Death Rate.
Arkley20.018.0
*Chipping Barnet23.911.2
Hadley2.42.2
South Mimms11.911.9
*Union Workhouse in this Parish.

INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The Rate of Infantile Mortality for the past year was
86 per 1,000 as compared with 98 during 1911.