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Barnet 1968
[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 1968 316.240
Number of Inhabited Dwellings, 1st April, 1968:—
Houses and flats 99,574
Other properties with living accommodation 755
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1968 £22,402,216
Product of penny rate 1968/9 £89,000
LIVE BIRTHS
males females total
Legitimate 2,004 1,967 3,971
Illegitimate 163 159 322
2,167 2,126 4,293
Illegitimate live births per cent, of total live births:barnet
7.5
greater london 11.5
inner london 15.5
outer london 8.7
rate per 1,000
population
barnet 13.6
area comparability factor 0.99
corrected rate - barnet 13.4
greater london 15.2
inner london 15.7
outer london 15.0
england and wales (provisional) 16.9
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