Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.