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EAST BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER 0F HEALTH
for the year 1939.
To the Chairman and Members of the
East Barnet Urban District Council,
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Report
for the year 1939.
The duties resulting from the preparation of the
Council's Air Raid Precautions scheme have thrown a
considerable amount of extra work on the Public Health Department.
For this reason and in accordance with the Ministry of
Health's instructions, the annual report for 1939 is presented
in tabular form.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
A.E. ROSE M.A. , M.B. ,
Ch.B.
Medical Officer of Health to the Council
and Assistant School Medical Officer.
AREA AND POPULATION.
The area of the district is 2,644. acres.
Registrat-General's estimate of resident population,
1939 - 31,100.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1939) according to
rate books - 11012
Rateable Value (at 31st December, 1939) - £375746
Estimated product of a penny rate for 1939 £1,335
VITAL STATISTICS.
Total. M. F.
Live Births, Legitimate 565 287 278
Illegitimate 16 6 10
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 16.88
(for 1938 the rate was 17.78
Stillbirths 25 13 12
Rate per 1,000 Total (live and still) births - 41.2
(for 1938 the rate was 18.17)
Total. M. F.
Deaths 330 171 ,159
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated population - 9.5
(for 1938 the rate was 7.9)
There were no deaths from puerperal sepsis or other
puerperal causes.
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