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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total M. F.
Live Births ( Legitimate +
( Illegitimate +
Birth Rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident, population l5.06
Total M. F.
Still Births ( Legitimate +
( Illegitimate +
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births 36.58
Total M. F.
Deaths +
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated average population 11.21
Deaths from puerperal causes:-
Puerperal Sepsis NIL, Death Rate per 1,000 total births NIL
Other Puerperal causes 1. " " " " " " 3.16
Death Rate from puerperal causes per 1,000 total (live and still) births - 3.05
Death Rate cf infants under one year of age;-
All infants per 1,000 live births 34.81
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 33.03
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 76.92
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 42
" " Measles (all ages) Nil
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) Nil
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or County Council.
A. (1) Infectious Diseases Joint Isolation Hospital in Barnet.
(2) Joint Smallpox Hospital at Cheshunt.
B. (l) Tuberculosis Hospital at Ware, provided by Herts. County Council.
(2) Maternity block with 24 beds at the Wellhouse Hospital.
Ambulance Facilities.
Infectious Diseases - Motor Ambulance at Isolation Hospital.
Non-Infectious Diseases - Two Motor Ambulances.
(1) Relieving Officer's Cases and Accidents
By Day and Night - phone BARnet 0050
Wellhouse Hospital,
Barnet.
(2) Private Cases By Day and Night - 'phone BARnet 5654.
1,794 cases of Non-Infectious Diseases were removed by the Motor Ambulances.
+ Information not to be published - Circular 2773 Of the Ministry of Health,
10th March, 1943.