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BOROUGH OF BARNES.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The following statistical information relating to the Borough has
been completed on receipt of the Local and National Statistics issued
by the Registrar-General in connection with Population, Birth-rate,
Death-rates, Maternal Mortality, Infantile Mortality, and Incidence of
Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Birth-rate.
The birth-rate for 1939 was 9.6 per 1,000 of the population
compared with 12.3 for London, and 15.0 for England and Wales.
The birth-rate for the Borough has been declining for many years,
having reached the record low figure of 8.4 in 1936; in 1938 it was
9.2. The birth-rate has been lower than the death-rate for the area
for several years past.
Death-rate.
The death-rate for 1939 was 10.8 per 1,000 of the population
which is precisely the same rate as for the year 1938 and for 1934.
The rate for 1939 is not indicative of any unusual mortality. The
rates for 1936 and 1937 were 11.7 and 11.4 respectively.
The rate of 10.8 for Barnes compares with one of 11.9 for
London, and 12.1 for England and Wales.
Maternal Mortality.
There was only one death from maternal causes assignable to
the Borough during the year 1939. This death was due to "puerperal
sepsis," and there was no death from "other puerperal causes." The
total maternal mortality rate for Barnes was 2.51 per 1,000 total (live
and still) births, compared with a rate of 2.82 for England and
Wales.
Prior to the above-mentioned death in 1939 there had been no
death due to "puerperal sepsis" since 1934; there has been no
death from "other puerperal causes" since 1933, a period of six
years. The average annual maternal mortality rate for Barnes from
all puerperal causes during the five-year period 1935-1939 was 0.5 per
1,000 total births.