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Barnes 1955

[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, 1955

Population:—
Census, 193142,440
Census, 195140,558
Estimated—Mid-year, 1955 (Registrar General)40,170
Births:—
Birth-rate (per 1,000 of population)
Uncorrected10.7
Corrected (Registrar General's Comparability Factor 1.00)10.7
Live Births:—Total.M.F.
Legitimate409200209
Illegitimate21147
Total430214216
Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births)16.3
TotalM.F.
Still Births (Legit. 7)725
Deaths:—
Death-rate, all causes (per 1,000 of population)
Uncorrected13.3
Corrected (Registrar General's Factor 0.81)10.8
TotalM.F.
Deaths (all causes)534276258
Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of population),
102 deaths2.5
Death-rate from Zymotic (Epidemic) Diseases (per 1,000 of population)0.05
Death-rate from Maternal Causes (per 1,000 total births) Pregnancy; Child-birth; (1 death)2.3
Death-rate of infants (per 1,000 live births)
(a) Under 4 weeks of age (5 deaths)11.6
(b) Under 1 year (5 deaths)11.6
Death-rate forLegitimate infants (3 deaths)7.0
Illegitimate infants (2 deaths)4.6