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East Barnet 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]

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Births 1954 1955
Live births (rates per 1,000 population) 12.9 13.0
Still births (rates per 1,000 population) 0.23 0.23
Still births (rates per 1,000 total; live and still
births) 18.5 18.4
Deaths
Infants under 1 year of age (rate per 1,000
live births) 10.5 21.0
Total all ages (rate per 1,000 population) 10.1 10.2
The Registrar General's Comparability Factors for Births and
Deaths have been taken into account when calculating the above
rates.
Death rate of legitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000
legitimate births 18.8
Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000
illegitimate births 40.0

Table: TABLE INotifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1955

TABLE I

Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1955

DISEASES.Total Cases Notified.Under 1 year.1—2 years.2—3 years.3—4 years.4—5 years.5—10 years.10—15 years.15—20 years.20—35 years.35—45 years.45—65 years.65 and over.Total Deaths.
Diphtheria........................................................
Scarlet Fever13................34141................
Chicken Pox283....28321448584....................
Whooping Cough762623162413....1................
Measles4943447171147138173....................
Pneumonia81....................1............15....
Poliomyelitis1................................1................
Puerperal Pyrexia4................................31............
Erysipelas5........................................14....
Food Poisoning1....................1............................
Totals88565210211931822930116129—