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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 1962

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

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Table: BIRTHS

BIRTHS

19611962
Live births (rates per 1,000 population)13.214.5
Still births (rates per 1,000 population)0.200.23
Still births (rates per 1,000 total; live and
still births)16.916.8
deaths19611962
Infants under 1 year of age (rate per 1,000
live births)22.427.0
Total all ages (rate per 1,000 population)12.6710.9

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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 16.5 22.26
Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1
year per 1,000 illegitimate births 166.6 100.0

Table: TABLE 1Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1962

TABLE 1

Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1962

DISEASESTotal Cases NotifiedUnder 1 year1 year2 years3 years4 years5-9 years10-14 years15-24 years25 years and over
Scarlet Fever8....................................242..................
Whooping Cough6....................................231..................
Measles412133323114
Dysentery2....................................1...........................1
Acute Pneumonia2........................................................................2
Food Poisoning7....................................122.........2
Erysipelas1........................................................................1
Chicken Pox15427410128323310
Totals221487132111529420

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