Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]
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BIRTHS | 1962 | 1963 |
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Live births (rates per 1,000 population) | 14.5 | 15.1 |
Still births (rates per 1,000 population) | 0.23 | 0.26 |
Still births (rates per 1,000 total; live and still births) | 16.8 | 18.0 |
DEATHS | 1962 | 1963 |
Infants under 1 year of age (rate per 1,000 live births) | 27.0 | 21.8 |
Total all ages (rate per 1,000 population) | 10.9 | 10.8 |
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 | 22.26 | 21.9 |
Death rate of illegitimate infants under 1 year per 1,000 illegitimate births | 100.0 | 33.3 |
TABLE 1
Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1963
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 |
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Scarlet Fever | 19 | ......... | ......... | ......... | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ......... |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | ......... | 1 |
Measles | 572 | 6 | 33 | 69 | 69 | 82 | 278 | 24 | 8 | 3 |
Dysentery | 105 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
Acute Pneumonia | 3 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 3 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 3 |
Food Poisoning | 15 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Chicken Pox | 204 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 112 | 37 | 6 | 14 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | ......... | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 948 | 17 | 41 | 85 | 88 | 109 | 460 | 71 | 33 | 44 |
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