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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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| Population (Registrar-General's estimate):— | |||||
| 40,820 | |||||
| 39,040 | |||||
| Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population) .. | 96 | ||||
| Live Births:— | Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 376 | 197 | 179 | ||
| Illegitimate | 21 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Total | 397 | 205 | 192 | ||
| Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births) | 17 3 | ||||
| Total | . M. | F. | |||
| Still Births (Legit. 7; Illegit. Nil) | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Death-rate, all causes (per 1,000 of population) | 10.8 | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths (all causes) | 422 | 201 | 221 | ||
| Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of population), 84 deaths | 2.15 | ||||
| Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases (per 1,000 of population) | 003 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | Nil | ||||
| ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | ||||
| ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 1 | ||||
| Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births) | 2.51 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, Other Puerperal causes | Nil | ||||
| [Note : Births for purpose of this rate = 398 (Live, 391; Still, 7)] | |||||
| Death-rate of infants under one year (per 1,000 live births) | 40.9 | ||||
| Death-rate for | Legitimate infants (8 deaths) | 216 | |||
| Illegitimate infants (8 deaths) | 3810 | ||||
| [Note: Births for purpose of these rates=Total, Legit., 370; Illeg., 21], | 391 ; | ||||