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Friern Barnet 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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An analysis of the causes of death will be found
at the end of the Report.
The Deaths and Death-Rates for the past five years have been:-
| Year. | No. of Deaths. | Death-Rates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friern Barnet. | England & Wales. | London. | ||
| 1948 | 232 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 11.6 |
| 1949 | 252 | 9.2 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
| 1950 | 267 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
| 1951 | 284 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 13.1 |
| 1952 | 290 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 12.6 |
There were 13 deaths of infants under 1 year of age,
giving an Infantile Death-Rate of 37.5 per 1000 births,
compared with 10 deaths and a rate of 30.1 in 1951. The
comparative rates for England & Wales and for London were
27.6 and 23.8 respectively.
Of the 13 infant deaths 10 occurred during the
first week of life.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Details of the cases of infectious disease notified
during 1952 will be found in the Tables at the end of the
Report. The total of 357 cases was considerably lower
than in 1951 when 497 cases were notified, but no significant
changes took place and the reduction was due, in the main, to
fewer cases of Measles, which as in other years accounted for
more than half of the total cases of infectious disease in
the District. Whilst the number of cases of Measles
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