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, 1962.
Area | 2,520 | ||
Population : — | |||
Census, 1951 | 40,593 | ||
Census, 1961 | 39,057 | ||
Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1962 | 38,950 | ||
Rating:— | |||
Number of inhabited houses | 12,734 | ||
Rateable Value | £2,407,950 | ||
Product of a penny rate. | £9,800 | ||
Mortality: — | Males | Females | Total |
Number of Deaths | 235 | 288 | 523 |
Death Rate per 1,000 population :— | |||
Uncorrected | 13.4 | ||
Corrected (Comparability Factor 0.85) | 11.4 | ||
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 101 | ||
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 | Illegitimate Total | |
Number | 526 | 38 | 564 |
Rate per 1,000 population | 14.5 | ||
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births | 6.7 | ||
Stillbirths:— | |||
Number | 9 | ||
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 15.7 | ||
Total Live and Stillbirths | 573 | ||
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 13(11) |