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Barnes 1964
[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, 1964.
| Area | 2,650 acres. | ||
| Population:— | |||
| Census, 1951 | 40,593 | ||
| Census, 1961 | 39,057 | ||
| Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1964 | 38,820 | ||
| Rating:— | |||
| Number of inhabited houses | 12,851 | ||
| Rateable Value | £2,445,627 | ||
| Mortality:— | Males | Females | Total |
| Number of Deaths | 219 | 251 | 470 |
| Death Rate per 1,000 population:— | |||
| Uncorrected | 12.1 | ||
| Corrected (Comparability Factor 0.82) | 9.9 | ||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 113 | ||
| 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 | 525 | 34 | 559 |
| Rate per 1,000 population | 14.4 | ||
| Illegitimate Live Births (per cent of total live births) | 6.1 | ||
| Stillbirths:— | |||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Rate per 1,000 total live and stillbirths | 12.4 | ||
| Total Live and Stillbirths | 566 | ||
| Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) | 7 | ||