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BARNET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
Tel: Barnet 5511 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 1963.
It is drawn up in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Health
Circular 1/64 of the 13th January, 1964.
STATISTICS AMD SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
Area (in acres) 4,290
Population (1951 Census) 25,019
(1961 Census - Preliminary Estimate) 27,834
Registrar-General's Estimate of Resident Population, mid 1963 27,580
Number of Inhabited Houses 8,741
Number of Persons per House 3.16
Rateable Value £1 ,520,034
Product of a Penny Rate £6,180
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.
Total.
M.
F.
Live Births
Legitimate
Illegitimate
415 222 193
24 12 12
Live Birth Rate per 1 .000 of the estimated resident population (Standardised):15.60
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of the total live births: 5.47%