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Barnes 1960
[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.
| Area | 2,650 acres | ||
| Population:— | |||
| Census, 1931 | 42,440 | ||
| Census, 1951 | 40,558 | ||
| Registrar General's estimate, mid-1960 | 38,800 | ||
| Rating:— | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 12,443 | ||
| Rateable Value | £888,907 | ||
| Product of a penny rate | £3,630 | ||
| Mortality:— | Males | Females | Total |
| Number of Deaths | 237 | 238 | 475 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population:— | |||
| Uncorrected | 12.24 | ||
| Corrected (Comparability Factor 0.84) | 10.28 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 92 | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | NIL | ||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | NIL | ||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | NIL | ||
| Live Births:— | |||
| Number | 458 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 population | 11.8 | ||
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births | 5.9 | ||
| Stillbirths:— | |||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 21.4 | ||
| Total Live and Stillbirths | 468 | ||
| Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 12 | ||
| Infant Mortality Rates:— | |||
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 26.2 | ||
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 27.8 | ||
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | NIL | ||
| Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 17.5 | ||
| Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) | 17.5 | ||
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 38.5 | ||
| Maternal Mortality (including abortion):— | |||
| Number of deaths | NIL | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | NIL | ||