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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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SUMMARY.
Area—exclusive of water 2,400 acres
Population—Census, 1901 17,821
Population—Midsummer, 1908 28,500
Inhabited Houses—Census, 1901 3,403
Inhabited Houses—Midsummer, 1908 5,054
Rateable Value—Agricultural Land £1,889
Other Hereditaments £242,580
Assessable Value £220,591
General District Rate 3/10
Poor Rate—Parish of Barnes 2/10
Poor Rate—Parish of Mortlake 3/2
Birth Rate—Per 1,000 estimated population 23.7
Death Rate—Per 1,000 estimated population 7.4
Corrected Death Rate—Per 1,000 estimated
population 8.6
Infantile Mortality—Per 1,000 births 93