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Barnes 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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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.
TABLE 1.—STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1940.
| Births:— | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population) | 10.32 | ||||
| Live Births:— | Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Legitimate | 345 | 190 | 155 | ||
| Illegitimate | 16 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Total | 361 | 197 | 164 | ||
| Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births) | 34.8 | ||||
| Total, | . M. | F. | |||
| Still Births (Legit. 11; Illegit. 2) | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Deaths:— | |||||
| (Comparability factor | 0.88) | ||||
| Death-rate, all causes (per 1,000 of population) | 13.9 | ||||
| Total. | M. | F. | |||
| Deaths (all causes) | 554 | 263 | 291 | ||
| Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of population), 87 deaths | 2.49 | ||||
| Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases (per 1,000 of population) | 0.06 | ||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | Nil | ||||
| ,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | Nil | ||||
| „ „ Diphtheria | 1 | ||||
| ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under two years of age) | 1 | ||||
| Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births) | 5.64 | ||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis | Nil | ||||
| ,, ,, Other Puerperal causes | 2 | ||||
| [Note: Births for purpose of this rate = 354 (Live, 341; Still, 13)] | |||||
| Death-rate of infants under one year (per 1,000 live births) | 35.2 | ||||
| Death-rate for | Legitimate infants (12 deaths) | 36.5 | |||
| Illegitimate infants (no deaths) | — | ||||
| [Note: Births; for purpose of these rates=Total, 341 Legit., 328 ; Illeg., 13]. | |||||