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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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Table: STATISTICS

STATISTICS

Area (in acres)22,124
Population — Registrar-General's Estimate Mid 1969314,530
Number of Inhabited Dwellings, 1st April, 1969
Houses and flats100,122
Other properties with living accommodation747
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1969£22,669,056
Product of penny rate 1969/70£90,000

Table: LIVE BIRTHS

LIVE BIRTHS

MALESFEMALESTOTAL
Legitimate2,0231,8923,915
Illegitimate153135288
2,1762,0274,203

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

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

BARNET6.9
ENGLAND AND WALES8.4
RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION
BARNET13.4
AREA COMPARABILITY FACTOR0.99
CORRECTED RATE13.2
ENGLAND AND WALES (PROVISIONAL)16.3