London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1971

[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 1971.305,770
Number of Inhabited Dwellings, 1st April, 1971 -Houses and Flats102,108
Other properties with living accommodation726
Rateable Value at 1st April, 1971£23,000,954
Product of Penny rate 1971/72£221,000
LIVE BIRTHS
MALESFEMALESTOTAL
Legitimate1,9511,8833,834
Illegitimate168144312
2,1192,0274,14 6

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

Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births:-

BARNET7.5
GREATER LONDON11.5
INNER LONDON16.6
OUTER LONDON8.6
ENGLAND AND WALES8.4
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 population:-
BARNET13.6
AREA COMPARABILITY FACTOR0.99
CORRECTED RATE-BARNET13.5
GREATER LONDON15.4
INNER LONDON15.3
OUTER LONDON15.5
ENGLAND AND WALES16.0