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Friern Barnet 1937

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

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2.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area in Acres 1341.2
Population Census 1931 - 23081. Estimated 1937 by M. O. H. - 28200.
" " " Reg.Gen. - 26775.
District - 25300. Friern Hospital - 2900.
Number of structually separate inhabited houses (1931) - 4467.
" " " " " "(1937) - 6312.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931) - 5332.
" " " " " (1937) - 7890.
Rateable Value - Urban District - £263186.
Sum represented by a Id rate - District Rate - £1066.
Social conditions.
The district remains almost entirely a residential area,
the only factories being one scientific instrument works, one biscuit
factory, and one small engineering works.
Unemployment.
The number of persons registered at the Employment Exchange
is as follows.-
Men. Women.
End of 1935 120 15
" " 1936 120 5
" " 1937 219 7
EXTRACT OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1937.
Total M. F.
Legitimate 320 152 168
Live Births Birth-rate - 12.4
Illegitimate 9 3 6
Still Births 16 7 9 Rate per 1000 Births - 48.6
Deaths (Nett) 247 132 115 Death-rate (corrected)-10.2
No. of women dying in childbirth - From Sepsis - 0. Other causes - 0.
Deaths of infants under 1 year per 1000 births - 27.0
Legitimate - 9. Illegitimate - 0. Total - 9.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) - 0.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) - 0.
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Gastro-enteritis (under 2 years) - 0.