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Friern Barnet 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Table 1.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1907 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deathe of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District- | Deaths of Residents registered in Public lnstitutions beyond the District. | N'ett Deaths at ALL ages, belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year ofAge | At all Ages | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1897 | 8,355 | 228 | 27.2 | 18 | 131 | 104 | 12.4 | 232 | ... | 1 | 105 | 12.4 |
| 1898 | 8,668 | 217 | 25 | 31 | 142 | 85 | 9.8 | 218 | ... | 5 | 90 | 10 |
| 1899 | 8,916 | 236 | 26.5 | 38 | 161 | 99 | 11.1 | 231 | ... | 4 | 103 | 11.5 |
| 1900 | 9,144 | 248 | 27.2 | 28 | 112 | 105 | 11.5 | 181 | 2 | 8 | 111 | 12.1 |
| 1901 | 8,816 | 242 | 27.4 | 21 | 86 | 99 | 11.2 | 199 | ... | 6 | 105 | 11.9 |
| 1902 | 9,145 | 270 | 29.5 | 29 | 107 | 105 | 11.4 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 108 | 11.9 |
| 1903 | 9,442 | 294 | 31.1 | 31 | 105 | 96 | 10.4 | 262 | 1 | 8 | 103 | 10.1 |
| 1904 | 9,758 | 296 | 30.3 | 32 | 108 | 103 | 10.5 | 198 | ... | 4 | 107 | 10.9 |
| 1905 | 10,470 | 291 | 27.7 | 24 | 82 | 95 | 9.2 | 203 | ... | 17 | 112 | 10.6 |
| 1906 | 13,038 | 291 | 27.4 | 38 | 130 | 117 | 11 | 198 | 2 | 24 | 139 | 13 |
| Averages for years 1897-1906 | 9,575 | 261 | 27.9 | 29 | 116 | 100 | 10.8 | 216 | ... | 8.1 | 108 | 11.4 |
| 1907 District | 10,237 | 294 | 28.9 | 24 | 80 | 108 | 10.5 | 1 | 10 | 117 | 11.4 | |
| Asylum | 2,428 | 2 | 184 | 75. | 184 | |||||||
* Bates in columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those
registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division.
The deaths included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction
of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on
account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the
term "Besidents "is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account
of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "public institutions" to be taken into account for the purpose of these Tables
are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity,
such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums.
Area of District in
acres (exclusive of
area covered by
water).
1,303.281 acres.
Including 149.1 acres in
Colney Hatch Asylum.
Total population at all ages
District 8,816
Colney Hatch A'ym. 2,750
11,566
Number of inhabited houses 1,633
Average number of persons
per house 5.6
At Census of l901