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BIRTHS.
The number of births assigned to the district
during the year was 274, sixty-nine or 20% less than last
year. This is the lowest number of births assigned to
Friern Barnet for over twenty years. The Birth-Rate was
9.6 per 1000 of the population. The correcting factor
for age and sex distribution so far as Friern Barnet is
concerned is 1.05, and this provides a rate for comparative
purposes of 10.1. The corresponding Birth-Rate for
England and Wales was 15.2.
Births and Birth-Rates for the past five years
have been:

DEATHS.
The number of deaths during the year was 433. Of
these, 212 occurred in Friern Hospital and 221 in the District
Since the preparation of the Death-Table the Registrar General
has assigned 434 deaths to the District. This provides an
un-corrected Death-Rate' of 15.1 per 3.000 for the total population,
and 8.4 per 1000 for the District excluding Friern
Hospital.
The correcting factor for age and sex distribution
is 0.94, this provides a Death-Rate for comparative purposes
of 14.2. The corresponding rate for England and Wales was
11.3.
. Prior to 1953, most of the deaths that occurred
in Friern Hospital were what are known as "outward transfers",
i.e., they were assigned to the districts in which the
deceased were normally resident before admission. A mental
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