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Barnes 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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8
STATISTICS and TABLES.
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: TABLE 1 .—STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1942.

TABLE 1 .—STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1942.

Births:—
Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population)14.5
Live Births:—Total.M.F.
Legitimate442225217
Illegitimate311417
Total473239234
Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births)30.7
Total.M.F.
Still Births (Legit. 14; Illegit. 1)1578
Deaths:—
Death-rate all causes (per 1,000 of population)14.5
Total.M.F.
Deaths (all causes)474239235
Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of population), 74 deaths2.27
Death-rate from Zymotic Diseases (per 1,000 of population)0.06
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)1
„ „ Diarrhoea (under two years of age1
Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births)—
Deaths from Puerperal SepsisNil
„ „ Other Puerperal causesNil
Death-rate of infants under one year (per 1,000 live births)48.6
Death-rate forLegitimate infants (20 deaths)42.3
Illegitimate infants (3 deaths)96.8