Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]
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EXTRACT FROM VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total. M. F.
Live Births (Legitimate 352 169 183
(Illegitimate 21 10 11
Birth Rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident civilian population: .15.26
Total. M. F.
Still Births (Legitimate 9 4 5
(Illegitimate Nil Nil Nil
Still Birth Rate per 1.000 total (live and, still) Births; 23.56
Total. M. F.
Deaths 280 145 135
Death Rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident civilian population (standardised);
11.34
Deaths from puerperal causes
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.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age:-
Total. M. F.
Legitimate 8 4 4
Illegitimate Nil Nil Nil
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births: 21.45
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births: 22.73
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births: Nil
Deaths from Cancer (all ages): 46
" " Measles (all ages): Nil
" " Whooping Cough (all ages): Nil
" " Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age): 1
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT.
The Council are not the appropriate Local Authority for the purposes of the
National Health Service Act, 1946, and do not therefore control any of the
Hospitals or ancillary services in the District,
For information, the following is a list of Clinics etc. available in the
District.
At "Fieldways", Wellhouse Lane, a Child Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinic is held
every Tuesday.
A Tuberculosis Clinic is held every Wednesday at the Wellhouse Hospital.
At Vale Drive, there is a Minor Ailments Clinic for Schoolchildren every