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Barnes 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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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 Disease.
Members of the Armed Forces stationed in the area are now
included in the population figures, also in the Birth and Death Rates.
TABLE 1.—STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1952.
| Population:— | ||||
| Census, 1931 | 42,440 | |||
| Census, 1951 | 40,558 | |||
| Estimated—Mid-year, 1952 (Registrar General) | 40,400 | |||
| Births:— | ||||
| Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population) | ||||
| Uncorrected | 10.4 | |||
| Corrected (Registrar General's Comparability Factor 0.94) | 9.8 | |||
| Live Births:— | Total. | M. | F. | |
| Legitimate | 404 | 214 | 190 | |
| Illegitimate | 15 | 8 | 7 | |
| Total | 419 | 222 | 197 | |
| Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births) | 35.8 | |||
| Total. | M. | F. | ||
| Still Births (Legit. 14 ; Illegit. 1) | 15 | 6 | 9 | |
| Deaths:— | ||||
| Death-rate, all causes (per 1,000 of population) | ||||
| Uncorrected | 12.6 | |||
| Corrected (Registrar General's Factor 0'86) | 10.8 | |||
| Total | M. | F. | ||
| Deaths (all causes) | 508 | 250 | 258 | |
| Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of population), | ||||
| 91 deaths | 2.3 | |||
| Death-rate from Zymotic (Epidemic) Diseases (per 1,000 of population) | 0.09 | |||
| Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births) Pregnancy; Child-birth; Abortion (1 death) | 2.39 | |||
| Death-rate of infants (per 1,000 live births) | ||||
| (a) Under 4 weeks of age (10 deaths) | 23.9 | |||
| (b) Under 1 year (13 deaths) | 31.0 | |||
| Death-rate for Legitimate infants (12 deaths) | 28.6 | |||
| Death-rate for Illegitimate infants (1 death) | 2.4 | |||