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EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total. M. F.
Live Births (Legitimate 300 162 138
(Illegitimate 24 13 11
Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 15.56
Total M. F.
Still Births (Legitimate 10 5 5
(illegitimate , Nil Nil Nil
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births 29.94
Total. M. F.
Deaths 234 114 120
Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated average population 11.24
Deaths from puerperal coauses:-
Puerperal Sepsis Nil. Death Rate per, 1,000 total births Nil
Other Puerperal causes Nil. " " " " " " Nil
Death Rate from puerperal causes per 1,000 total (live and still) births - Nil
Death Rate of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 33.95
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births. 33.33
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 41.67
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 35
" " Measles (all ages) Nil
" " Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 2
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.
Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or County Council.
A. (l) Infectious Diseases Joint Isolation Hospital in Barnet.
(2) Joint Smallpox Hospital at Cheshunt.
B. (lj Tuberculosis Hospital at Ware, provided by Herts County Council.
(2) Maternity block with 24 beds at the Wellhouse Hospital, in Barnet.
Ambulance Facilities.
Infectious Disease - Motor Ambulance at Isolation Hospital.
Non-Infectious Diseases - Two Motor Ambulances.
(1) Relieving Officer's Cases and Accidents:-
By Day and Night - 'phone Barnet 0051,
Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet.
(2) Private Cases By Day and Night - 'phone Barnet 5654.
2,281 cases of Non-Infectious Diseases were removed by the Motor Ambulances.