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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Summary—1917.
Area (Barnes and Mortlake) 2,650 acres, including 133 of water
Census Population, April, 1911 30,377
Estimated Population, June 30th, 1917—Por Birth-Rate 36,223
,, ,, ,, ,, For Death-Rate 32,495
Rateable Value £285,119
Assessable Value, 1917 £263,263
General District Rate 3s. 9d. in the pound
Poor Rate Barnes, 3s. 2d.
Mortlake, 3s. 5d. " " "
A Penny Rate Produces £1,058
VITAL STATISTICS.
Birth-rate per 1,000 living 13.2
Resident death rate per 1,000 living 8.2
Nett death-rate per 1,000 living 10.9
Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered 68.6
Zymotic death-rate per 1,000 living 0.4
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
Por infectious cases Barnes U.D.C. Isolation Hospital
For smallpox Guildford, Godalming, and Woking Joint Hospital
at Whitmoor.
Electricity Barnes U.D.C. Electric Works
Water Supply Metropolitan Water Board
Gas Supply Brentford and Richmond Gas Co's
Sewerage Separate System
Sewage Disposal Chemical Precipitation and Bacterial Filtration,
Richmond and Barnes Joint Sewerage Board