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Barnes 1962

[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.

Area2,520
Population : —
Census, 195140,593
Census, 196139,057
Registrar-General's estimate, mid-196238,950
Rating:—
Number of inhabited houses12,734
Rateable Value£2,407,950
Product of a penny rate.£9,800
Mortality: —MalesFemalesTotal
Number of Deaths235288523
Death Rate per 1,000 population :—
Uncorrected13.4
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:—LegitimateIllegitimate Total
Number52638564
Rate per 1,000 population14.5
Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births6.7
Stillbirths:—
Number9
Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths15.7
Total Live and Stillbirths573
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year)13(11)