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Barnes 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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SECTION 'A' — 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, 1958
| Area | 2,650 acres | ||
| Population: — | |||
| Census, 1931 | 42,440 | ||
| Census, 1951 | 40,558 | ||
| Registrar General's estimate, mid-1958 | 39,220 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses | 12,201 | ||
| Rateable Value | £851,017 | ||
| Product of a penny rate | £3,415 | ||
| Males | Females | Total | |
| Number of Deaths | 248 | 238 | 486 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population:— | |||
| Uncorrected | 12.39 | ||
| Corrected (Comparability Factor 0.82) | 10.16 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 91 | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | NIL | ||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | NIL | ||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | NIL | ||
| Live Births | 440 | ||
| Live birth rate per 1,000 population | 11.2 | ||
| Still-births | 16 | ||
| Still-birth rate per 1,000 live and still-births | 35.09 | ||
| Total live and still-births | 456 | ||
| Infant deaths | 8 | ||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — total | 18.2 | ||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — legitimat | 12.3 | ||
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births — illegitimate | 90.9 | ||
| Neo Natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births (first four weeks). | 13.6 | ||
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births | 7.5% | ||
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | NIL | ||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births | NIL | ||
There has been no unusual or excessive mortality during the year.