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East Barnet 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Area and Rateable Value.
The area of the district is 2,644 acres.
Registrar-General's estimate of resident population, 1945, 35,270.
Rateable Value (at 31st December, 1945), £383,044.
Estimated product of a penny rate for 1945, £1560.
Vital Statistics.
| Total. | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Legitimate | 571 | 299 | 272 |
| Illegitimate | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
| Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 16.9 | |||
| (The birth rate for England and Wales was 16.1). | ||||
| Stillbirths | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
| Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births | 18.0 | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Deaths | 363 | 174 | 189 | |
| Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 10.2 | |||
| (The death rate for England and Wales was 11.4). | ||||
| There was one death from puerperal causes. | ||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 25.1 | |||
| Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate live births | 22.7 | |||
| Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births | 76.9 | |||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 72 | |||
| ,, Measles (all ages)' | 0 | |||
| ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 0 | |||
| ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 1 | |||
Birth Rate.
There were 597 births (26 illegitimate) during the year. The
birth rate is lower, 16.9 per 1,000 of the estimated resident population,
as compared with 20.4 last year. The births last year numbered
708 including 20 illegitimate.
Death Rate.
There were 363 deaths, (377 last year) giving a rate of 10.2
compared with 10.8 last year.
Infantile Death Rate.
There were 15 deaths of children under one year as compared
with 25 last year, a death rate per 1,000 live births of 25.1. Last
year the figure was 35.3 and for 1943 25.7. For England and
Wales the rate was 46 for 1944, and the same for 1943.