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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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Church Farm, Church Hill Road:
Speech Therapy Dental Clinics
Ophthalmic Orthoptic
Friends Meeting House, Waterfall Road, N.ll:
Infant Welfare
St. Marks Hall, Woodville Road, New Barnet:
Infant Welfare
AREA AND RATEABLE VALUE
| Area (in acres) | 2,644 |
| Registrar General's estimate of population (1958) | 41,200 |
| Number of inhabited houses (rated) | 12,461 |
| Number of persons per house | 329 |
| Rateable value (at 31st December, 1958) | £701,727 |
| Product of penny rate (Est.) | £2,726 |
| Number of business premises | 811 |
| Number of industrial premises | 36 |
VITAL STATISTICS
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live briths— | |||
| Legitimate | 287 | 266 | 553 |
| Illegitimate | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Totals | 293 | 274 | 567 |
| Still births- | |||
| Legitimate | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| Totals | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Deaths of infants under 1 year of age- | |||
| Legitimate | 2 | — | 2 |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2 | — | 2 |
| Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age- | |||
| Legitimate | — | — | — |
| Illegitimate | — | — | — |
| Totals | — | — | — |
| Total number of deaths of all ages | 175 | 230 | 405 |
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