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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 - SECTION 47.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE (AHSNDMENT) ACT, 1951 - SECTION 1.
Contact is maintained, with several aged persons in the district, but during
this year no official action was necessary. Every effort is made to bring
services to these people to enable them to stay in their own homes.
MORTAL STATISTICS.
Of 259 deaths, 10 occurred under one year of age.
The following were the major causes of death:- Heart Disease 90;
Cancer 47 (30 males and 17 females); Vascular Lesions of Nervous system 25;
Bronchitis 13; Pneumonia 8; Tuberculosis 1; Suicide 2; Motor Vehicle
accidents 3; Other accidents 6.
MORTUARY ACCOMMODATION.
Under arrangements made with the East Barnet Urban District Council their
mortuary is available for the use of this district, and it was so used on ten
occasions during the year.
I am,
Yours faithfully,
ARTHUR L. HYATT
M.R.C.S.(Eng.) , L.R.C.P.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.