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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

East Barnet 1951

[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, 1951, 40,410.
Rateable Value (at 31st December, 1951), £400,438.
Product of a penny rate for 1951-52, £1,642.

Table: Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics

TotalM.F.
Live Births. Legitimate471253218
Illegitimate ..21912
Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population12.1
(The birth rate for England and Wales was 15-5)
Stillbirths1165
Rate per 1,000 (live and still) births21.8
TotalM.F.
Deaths371182189
Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population (The death rate for England and Wales was 12.5) There were no deaths from puerperal causes.9.1

Table: Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—

Death rate of Infants under one year of age:—

All Infants per 1,000 live births20.3
Legitimate Infants per 1,000 Legitimate live births ..19.1
Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 Illegitimate live births47.6
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)81
„ „ Measles (all ages)0
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)0

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Birth Rate
There were 492 births (21 illegitimate) during the year. The birth
rate is 12.1 per 1,000 of the estimated resident population, as
compared with 12.6 last year. The births last year numbered 516,
including 11 illegitimate.
Death Rate
There were 371 deaths (372 last year), giving a rate of 9.1, the
same as last year.
Infantile Death Rate
There were 10 deaths of children under one year as compared
with 9 last year, a death rate per 1,000 live births of 20.3. Last
year the figure was 17.4 and for 1949, 10.9. For England and Wales
the rate was 29.6 for 1951 and 29-8 for 1950.
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