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BIRTHS.
The number of births assigned to the district was
318, giving a Birth-Rate of 11.1 per 1000 of the population.
The correcting factor for age and sex distribution so far
as Friern Barnet is concerned is 1.05, so that the rate for
comparative purposes was 11.7. The corresponding BirthRate
for England and Wales was 15.0.
Births and Birth-Rates for the past five years
have been:
Birth-Rates.
No. of
Year. Births. Friern Barnet. England & Wales.
1951 332 12.9 15.5
1952 346 13.7 15.3
1953 343 13.3 15.5
1954 274 10.1 15.2
1955 318 11.7 15.0
DEATHS.
There were 478 deaths during the year. Of these,
240 occurred in Friern Hospital and 238 in the district.
Since the preparation of the Death-Table the Registrar
General has assigned 474 deaths to the area. This provides
an un-corrected Death-Rate of 16.6 per 1000 for the total
population, and 9.1 per 1000 for the district excluding
Friern Hospital.
The correcting factor for age and sex distribution
is 0.94, providing a Death-Rate for comparative purposes of
15.6. The corresponding rate for England and Waes was 11.7.
Until 1953, the majority of the deaths that
occurred in Friern Hospital were "outward transfers", that
is to say, they were assigned to the districts in which
the deceased were resident before admission. A mental
hospital is now regarded as the usual place of residence
of the patients so that all deaths occurring therein are
assigned to the district in which the Hospital is located.
This is the explanation for the apparent increase in the
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