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Barnes 1961
[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, 1961.
| Area | 2,650 acres | ||
| Population:- | |||
| Census, 1951 | 40,558 | ||
| Census, 1961 | 39,757 | ||
| Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1961Rating:— | 38,990 | ||
| Number of inhabited houses | 12,486 | ||
| Rateable Value | £897,771 | ||
| Product of a penny rate | £3,654/ 19/2d. | ||
| Mortality: — | Males | Females | Total |
| Number of Deaths | 216 | 274 | 490 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population:— Uncorrected | 12.6 | ||
| Corrected (Comparability Factor 0.84) | 10.6 | ||
| Death from Cancer (all ages) | 105 | ||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | NIL | ||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | NIL | ||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | NIL | ||
| Live Births: — | Legitimate | Illegitima | Total |
| Number | 486 | 32 | 518 |
| Rate per 1,000 population | 13.3 | ||
| Illegitimate Live Births per cent of total live births | 6.2 | ||
| Stillbirths:— | |||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 7.7 | ||
| Total Live and Stillbirths | 522 | ||
| Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 6 | ||
| Infant Mortality Rates:— | |||
| Total infant deaths per 1,000 total live births | 11.6 | ||
| Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate live births | 12.3 | ||
| Illegitimate infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate live births | NIL | ||
| Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks per 1,000 total live births) | 9.7 | ||
| Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1 week per 1,000 total live births) | 3.9 | ||
| Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and deaths under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and stillbirths) | 11.5 | ||
| Maternal Mortality (including abortion):— | |||
| Number of deaths | 1 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 1.9 | ||