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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 pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report on the health of the
district for the year 1956.
It is drawn up in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Health
Circular 19/56 of the 11th December, 1956.
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 1956 25,630
Number of Inhabited Houses 7,660
Rateable Value £466 ,995
Product of a Penny Rate £1 ,890
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 in light
industries.
EXTRACT FROM VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Live Births Legitimate
Illegitimate
Total. M. F.
350 184 166
13 6 7
Birth Rate per 1 .000 of the estimated resident population (standardised): 14.45
Still Births Legitimate
Illegitimate
Still Birth Rate per 1 .000 total (live and still) Births: 16.26
Total. M. F.
5 3 2
1 Nil 1