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Infant Mortality.
There were 5 deaths of infants under 1 year
of age, which gives an infant death rate of 14.1
per 1000 live births, as compared with 15 deaths
and a rate of 43.6 in the preceeding year.
Every infant death is carefully scrutinised,
Although the infant mortality figures for the last
few years are very much better than was the case
not so many years ago, it is obvious that we must
continue our struggle to eliminate all cases of
infant death, whether the deaths occur in the first
week, in the first month or in the first year.
Stillbirths.
4 stillbirths, all legitimate were accredited
to the District for 1960. This is equal to a
death rate of 11.2 (live and still births), the
corresponding figures for 1959 being 7 stillbirths
with a rate of 19.9.
Maternal Mortality.
As mentioned in the introduction to this
Report, no maternal death was reported during 1960.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Hospitals,
I can add little to the remarks which I
have made in the last few Annual Reports relating to
the hospital services available to Friern Barnet,
particularly the comments which I made in the Annual
Report for 1959. The situation has altered very
little, and it is still particularly difficult to
obtain admission to hospital of aged persons who are
not acutely ill. I invariably try to assist any
general practitioner who asks for my help, and am
happy to say that the support which I have been able
to give general practitioners has, in many instances,
proved successful.
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