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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics Whole District during 1908 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 | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in District | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond District | Nett Deaths at all ages, belonging to District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | 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 |
| 1898 | 8,668 | 217 | 25 | 31 | 142 | 85 | 9.8 | 218 | ... | 5 | 90 | 10 |
| 1899 | 8,910 | 230 | 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 | 8,810 | 242 | 27.4 | 21 | 86 | 99 | 11.2 | 199 | ... | 0 | 105 | 11.9 |
| 1902 | 9,145 | 270 | 29.5 | 29 | 107 | 105 | 11.4 | 238 | 1 | 4 | 108 | 11.9 |
| 1903 | 9,442 | 994 | 31.1 | 31 | 105 | 90 | 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 | 100 |
| 1900 | 13,038 | 291 | 27.4 | 38 | 130 | 177 | 11 | 198 | 2 | 24 | 139 | 13 |
| 1907 | 10,237 | 294 | 28.9 | 24 | 81 | 108 | 10.5 | 184 | 1 | 10 | 117 | 11.4 |
| Averages for years 1898.1907 | 9,703 | 207 | 28.1 | 30 | 111 | 102 | 10 6 | 211 | ... | 9 | 109 | 11.3 |
| 1908 District | 10,422 | 333 | 31.9 | 33 | 99 | 101 | 9.7 | ... | 19 | 120 | 11.5 | |
| Asylum | 2,473 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 175 | 70 | 175 | ||||
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths 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
"residents" 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 purposes of these Tables
are those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity,
such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect
of the deaths in which corrections have been made is given on the next page.
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 agesDistrict
8,816
Asylum 2,750
Number of Inhabited Houses
Average number of persons
per house
11,560
1,633
5.6
At Census of 1901