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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT,
Public Health Department,
31 Wood Street,
Barnet.
To the Chairman and Members of
the Barnet Urban District Council.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the health of
the district for the year 1954.
It is drawn up in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Health
Circular 28/54 of the 15th December, 1954.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1951 Census) 25,019
Registrar-General's Estimate of Resident Population, mid 1954 25,330
Number of Inhabited Houses 7,665
Rateable Value £280,685
Product of a Penny Rate £1,160
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
The population is largely residential, and consists chiefly of people whose
occupation lies outside the urban area. Those employed in the district, apart
from the tradesmen and their employees, are mainly skilled workers at dental
manufacturing, lithographic, printing and optical works.
EXTRACT FROM VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total. M. F.
Live Births (Legitimate 342 167 175
Illegitimate 16 4 12
Birth Rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population (standardised); 14.28
Total. M. F.
(Legitimate 6 4 2
Still Births( illegitimate Nil Nil Nil
Still Birth Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) Births; 16.48