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Barnet 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]

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This gives a crude Death Rate of 17.3 per 1,000 of the
population living at all ages, based upon the census returns
for the District.
Two deaths of residents belonging to the District occurred
in Public Institutions outside the District, while 71 deaths not
belonging to the District occurred in Public Institutions within
the District.
After making allowance for these deaths a nett Death
Rate of 10.6 per 1,000 is obtained.
Number of deaths of persons not belonging to the District
occurring in Public Institutions inside the District:—
The Workhouse 60
Victoria Cottage Hospital 9
Isolation Hospital 2
Other Nil.
Total 71
Number of deaths of persons belonging to the District
occurring in Public Institutions outside the District:—
Herts County Asylum 1
Middlesex County Asylum Nil.
Other 1
Total 2

The following table gives the gross and nett Death Rates for each parish within the District:—

Parish.Gross Death Rate.Corrected Death Rate.
Arkley808.0
Chipping Barnet35.5*12.7
Hadley11.311.3
South Mimms8.710.1
*Union Workhouse in this parish.

INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The rate of Infantile Mortality for the past year was 98
per 1,000, as compared with 60 during 1910, and 140 during
1909.
The average for the past 10 years has been 101 per 1,000.
It is calculated upon the ratio of infant deaths to births
per 1,000.