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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnet 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Rural District]
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| Area | 8339 acres | |
| Population, 1921 Census | 4513 | |
| Population, 1931 Census | 6,400 | |
| Registrar-General's estimate of | ||
| 10,800 | ||
| (b) average population appropriate to the calculation of death rates | 10,800 | |
| Number of inhabited houses , (end of 1940) accordiner to Rate Books | Elstree 1,936 | 2,559 |
| Shenley 548 | ||
| Ridge 75 | ||
| Rateable Value (1st April, 1941) | £114,810 | |
| Estimated product of a penny rate (1st April, 1941) | £380 | |
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Vide Annual Report for 1939.
| Total | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 135 | 69 | 66 |
| Illegitimate | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Birth Rate : 13.3 per 1,000 estimated resident population mid-1940. | ||||
| Stillbirths | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Rate : 6.9 per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| Deaths | 70 | 39 | 31 | |
| Death Rate : 6.48 per 1,000 estimated average population. | ||||
The Comparability Factor of 1.11 (furnished by the RegistrarGeneral
to correct anomalies in age and sex distribution, compared
with the country as a whole) gives a Standardised Death
Rate of 7.19.
The Death Rates tor England and Wales and tor
the Administrative County of London respectively are given
as 14.3 and 17.8 per 1,000 population.