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BIRTHS.
The number of births assigned to the
district was 354, giving a Birth-Rate of 12.3 per
1000 of the population. The correcting factor for
age and sex distribution so far as Friern Barnet
is concerned is 1.12, so that the rate for comparative
purposes was 13.3. 'The corresponding BirthRate
for England and Wales was 17.1.
Birth and Birth-Rates for the past five years
have been:
Birth-Rates.
No. of
Year. Births. Friern Barnet. England. ?c Wales.
1956 332 12.2 15.6
1957 313 12.5 16.1
1953 328 12.9 16.4
1959 344 13.4 16.5
1960 354 13.3 17.1
DE/'THS.
There were 373 deaths during the year. Of
these, 130 occurred in Friern Hospital and 243 in the
district. This provides an un-corrected DeathRate
of 13.0 per 1000 for the total population, and
9.2 per 1000 for the district excluding Friern Hospital.
The correcting factor for age and sex distribution
is 0.73, providing a Death-Rate for comparative
purposes of 9.5. The corresponding rate for
England and Wales was 11.5.
The Deaths and Death-Rates for the past five
years have been:
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