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Barnes 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND OCCUPATION OF THE
INHABITANTS.
The district is mainly a residential one; more than fifty per
cent, of the employed persons living in Barnes have their place of work
outside the Borough.
There are relatively few industries in the Borough. In none
of the trades and industries carried on in the district has evidence
been forthcoming of any detrimental effect on health connected with
conditions of occupation.
VITAL STATISTICS.
| Births :— | |||||
| Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population) | 9.2 | ||||
| Live Births:— | Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 360 | 186 | 174 | ||
| Illegitimate | 18 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Total | 378 | 193 | 185 | ||
| Still Birth-rate (per 1.000 total births) | 28.3 | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| Still Births | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Deaths :— | |||||
| Death-rate (per 1,000 of population) | 10.8 | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths (all causes) | 443 | 209 | 234 | ||
| Percentage of all deaths occurring in Public Institutions | 44% | ||||
| Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births) | 0.0 | ||||
| Deaths from Sepsis | Nil | ||||
| ,, ,, Other causes | Nil | ||||
| Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases | 0.20 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 83 | ||||
| ,, ,, Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 4 | ||||
| Death-rate of infants under one year of age | 68.7 | ||||
| Death-rate for | Legitimate infants | 66.6 | |||
| Illegitimate infants | 111.1 | ||||
| Natural increment or decrease in the population for (excess of births over deaths or vice versa):— | 1938 | ||||
| Decrease 65. | |||||
Comparative vital statistics with reference to birth-rate, deathrate
and infantile mortality are given in tabular form on pages 4 and 5.