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Friern Barnet 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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STATISTICS OF THE ARE .
Area (in acres) 1,340
Population (Registrar General's estimate 196l) 23,460
(District - 26,230)
(Friern Hospital - 2,230)
Number of inhabitated houses 3,237
Rateable Value (31st. December 1961) £460,$41
Sum represented by a penny rate £1,390
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
LIVE BIRTHS.
Male. Female. Total.
(Legitimate) 167 170 337
(Illegitimate) 6 15 21
Total 173 135 353
BIRTH RATE (live births per 1000 population) 14.1
STILL BIRTHS. Male. Female. Total.
(Legitimate) 4 5 9
(Illegitimate) - - 1
Total 4 5 10
STILL BIRTH RATE (per 1000 total (live and still)
births 27.2
TOTAL BIRTHS 363
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