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Barnet 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Rural District]

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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.

DeathsRate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
Deaths from puerperal causes:—
Puerperal sepsisNil
Other puerperal causesNil
TotalNil
Death rates of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per 1,000 live births27.8
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births29.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)10
Deaths from Measles (all ages)
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)

SECTIONS B, C, D and E.
Sections B to E dealing respectively with general provision
of health services for the area, sanitary circumstances of the
area, housing and food inspection have been omitted from my
report as there is nothing noteworthy to add to the details
given on pages 8 to n of my report for 1939. Statistics which
fall within the purview of these sections are given in the Sanitary
Inspector's Report, which opens on page 10.
SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
There were 35 cases of Scarlet Fever of which 7 occurred
in private households; of this latter number 6 were removed
to hospital. The remaining 28 cases occurred among the patients
and staff of the Middlesex Colony, Shenley.