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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
For the year ending 1914.
Area in Acres 3,112
Population (1901 Census) 8,359
Population (1911 Census) 10,440
Population, 1914 12,208
Population per acre 3.9
Number of Inhabited Houses (1901 Census) 1,578
Number of Inhabited Houses (1911 Census) 2,202
Number of Inhabited Houses, 1914 2,451
Rateable Value £80,000
Crude Birth Rate per 1,000 living 18.0
Nett Birth Rate per 1,000 living 17.5
Average Birth Rate for previous 10 years (crude) 22.1
Crude Death Rate per 1,000 living 13.6
Nett Death Rate per 1,000 living 8.3
Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births 46
Average Infantile Mortality for previous 10 years 9l
Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000 living .57
Infectious Cases notified (other than Chicken Pox and
Tuberculosis) 47
Infectious Cases admitted to Hospital 30
Percentage of Notified Cases Isolated at Hospital 63
Number of Inhabitants per house (1901 Census) 5.2
Number of Inhabitants per house (1911 Census) 4.8
Cases of Tuberculosis Notified 36
Cases of Chicken-pox Notified 23