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Barnes 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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SECTION TV — STATISTICS AND TABLES
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.
TABLE 1. —STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1957
| Area | 2,650 acres | |||
| Population:— | ||||
| Census, 1931 | 42,44C | |||
| Census, 1951 | 40,558 | |||
| Registrar Generals estimate, mid-1957 | 39,51C | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 12,11C | |||
| Rateable Value | £849,067 | |||
| Product of a penny rate | £3,40C | |||
| Number of Live Births:— | ||||
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Legitimate | 204 | 207 | 411 | |
| Illegitimate | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| Totals | 218 | 223 | 441 | |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 population:— | ||||
| Uncorrected | 11.2 | |||
| Corrected (Comparability Factor 1.0) | 11.2 | |||
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Number of Stillbirths | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Stillbirth rate per 1,000 total births | 11.2 | |||
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Number of Deaths | 238 | 278 | 516 | |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population: | ||||
| Uncorrected | 13.1 | |||
| Corrected (Comparability Factor 0.75) | 9.8 | |||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes | NIL | |||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:— | ||||
| All Infants per 1,000 live births | 20.4 | |||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 21.9 | |||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | NIL | |||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 97 | |||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | NIL | |||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | NIL | |||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | NIL | |||
| There has been no unusual or excessive mortality during the year. | ||||