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Friern Barnet 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area in acres-1341.2
Population Census 1931-23081. Estimated 1938 by M.O.H.-28100.
" " " R. G.-27120.
District-25200. Friern Hospital-2900.
Number of structually separate inhabited houses (1931)-4467.
" " " ” " " (1938)-6401.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1931)-5332.
" " " " " " (1938)-7979.
Rateable value - Urban District-£271423.
Sum represented by a Id rate - District Rate-£1090.
Social conditions.
The district remains almost entirely a residential area,
Unemployment.
The number of persons registered at the Employment Exchange
is as follows.-
Men. Women.
End of 1936 120 5
" " 1937 219 7
" " 1938 212 8
EXTRACT OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1938.
Total M. F.
Legitimate 357 182 175
Live Births Birth-rate - 14.9
Illegitimate 5 3 2
Still Births 9 2 7 Rate per 1000 Births-24.8
Deaths (Nett) 211 106 105 Death-rate (corrected)-8.5
No. of women dying in childbirth-From Sepsis-0. Other causes-1.
Deaths of infants under 1 year per 1000 births-55.0
Legitimate-20. Illegitimate-0. Total-20.
Deaths from Measles (all ages)-0.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)-0.
Deaths from Diarrhoea and Gastro-enteritis (under 2 years)-1.
POPULATION.
I estimate the population to the middle of the year as
28100, made up as follows.-