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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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BIRTHS
| 1958 | 1959 | |
|---|---|---|
| Live births (rates per 1,000 population) | 14.4 | 12.8 |
| Still births (rates per 1,000 population) | 0.25 | 0.28 |
| Still births (rates per 1,000 total; live and still births) | 18.2 | 22.4 |
DEATHS
Infants under 1 year of age (rate per 1,000
live births) 3.85 43.1
Total all ages (rate per 1,000 population) 10.8 10.54
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 3.6 37.1
Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1
year per 1,000 illegitimate births — 105.2
TABLE 1
Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1959
| DISEASES | Total Cases Notified | Under 1 year | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5-9 years | 10-14 years | 15-24 years | 25 years and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 85 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 56 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Measles | 483 | 4 | 35 | 42 | 64 | 52 | 261 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 35 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Chicken Pox | 142 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 75 | 19 | 10 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 789 | 7 | 45 | 56 | 77 | 80 | 407 | 5S | 27 | 35 |