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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
Friern Barnet 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 1.—FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT OF FRIERN BARNET.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | deaths under 1 year of age. | deaths at all ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Insttrutions. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in District.i | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | deaths at all aoes. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.+ | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered | Number. | Rate.+ | Number. | Rate.+ | |||||
| 1893 | 7384 | 209 | 28.3 | 24 | 114 | 76 | 10.3 | 231 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1894 | 7467 | 206 | 27.5 | 29 | 140 | 77 | 10.3 | 177 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1895 | 7698 | 204 | 26.5 | 24 | 117 | 77 | 10.0 | 200 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1896 | 8877 | 203 | 25.4 | 18 | 84 | 72 | 8.5 | 216 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 1897 | 8355 | 228 | 27.2 | 18 | 131 | 104 | 12.4 | 232 | ... | 1 | 105 | 12.4 |
| 1898 | 8668 | 217 | 25.0 | 31 | 142 | 85 | 9.8 | 218 | ... | 5 | 90 | 10.0 |
| 1899 | 8916 | 236 | 26.5 | 38 | 161 | 99 | 11.1 | 231 | ... | 4 | 103 | 11.5 |
| 1900 | 9114 | 248 | 27.2 | 28 | 112.9 | 105 | 11.5 | 181 | 2 | 8 | 111 | 12.1 |
| 1901 | 8816 | 242 | 27.4 | 21 | 86.7 | 99 | 11.2 | 199 | ... | 6 | 105 | ll.9 |
| 1902 | 9145 | 270 | 29.5 | 29 | 107.4 | 105 | 11.4 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 108 | 11.9 |
| Averages for years 1893.1902 | 8444.0 | 226.3 | 26.8 | 24.6 | 116.6 | 87.3 | 10.6 | 214.4 | ||||
| District | 9442 | |||||||||||
| Asylum | 2383 | |||||||||||
| 1903 | 11,825 | 294 | 31.1 | 31 | 105.4 | 103 | 10.9 | 262 | 1 | 8 | 110 | 11.6 |
* Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Area of District in acres. (exclusive of area covered by
water) 1,303.281, including 149.1 acres in Colney Hatch
Asylum. The Workhouse is at Barnet (Herts).
Total population at all ages, at Census of 1901—
District, 9,145 ; Asylum, 2,736 11,881
Number of inhabited houses 1,633
Average number of persons per house 5.6