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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 1953

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

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STATISTICS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 1,340
Population (Registrar General's estimate 1953) 28,260
(District -25,915)
(Friern Hospital -2,345)
Number of inhabitated houses according to the
rate-books (31st. December,1953) 7,710
Rateable Value (31st. December, 1953) £295,029
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,195

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.

LIVE BIRTHS.Male.Female.Total.
(Legitimate)165171336
(Illegitimate)257
Total167176343

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BIRTH RATE per 1000 of the estimated population 13.2

Table: STILL BIRTHS .

STILL BIRTHS .

Male.Female.Total.
(Legitimate)437
(Illegitimate)---
Total437

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STILL BIRTH RATE per 1000 Births (Live and Still) 20.2
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