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Friern Barnet 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 5.
BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1938.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, AND 1-3 USEFUL FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES.
| Rate per 1000 total pop. | Annual death-rate per 1000 population | Rate per 1000 live births | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live-births | Still-births | All causes | Enteric Fever | Small-pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Diarrhoea and enteritis (under 2 years) | Total deaths under one year | |
| England & Wales | 15.1 | 0.60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0 07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 |
| 126 County Boroughs & Great Towns, inc.London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | - | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (est resident pop.25,000 to 50,000 Census 1931) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 51 |
| London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | - | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 |
| I therefore recapitulate the figures for Friern Barnet already given in various paragraphs of report. | ||||||||||||
| Friern Barnet | 14.9 | 0.37 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2.7 | 55 |