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EBAR 036
Forty-second
ANNUAL REPORT.
of the
HEALTH and
SANITARY CONDITION
of the
EAST BARNET VALLEY
URBAN SANITARY DISTRICT.
for the year 1915.
by
WALTER ROUGHTON, E.R.C.S. (ENG.)
(Diplornate in Public Health)
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
REPORT.
To the Chairman and Members of the East Barnet Valley
Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I herewith present the forty- second Annual Report on the
Health of the District for the year 1915.
To save expense this Report has not been printed as
heretofore, but is type Written, and is also more condensed than
usual.
POPULATION. The estimate of the population is supplied by the
Registrar General and is given at 12595.
Very few soldiers have been quartered here during the year.
BIRTH RATE. 225 births were registered giving a birth ra,te of
"18 per 1600.
DEATH RATE. The numbers of deaths registered as having actually
occurred in the District is 109 which gives a death rate of 8.6
per 1000.
Of this number two deaths were of Non-Residents, but in addition
21 deaths of Residents occurred outside the District making the
Nett total 123, which fives a nett death rate of 10.1 per 1000.
This rate multiplied by the factor .9935 ( as in previous Reports)
gives a corrected rate of 10 per 1000 for the year 1915.
INFANT MORTALITY Rate of deaths under one year of age per 1000
births registered. Under the heading 8 deaths were registered, a
rate of 35.5 per 1000.
MEASLES AND WHOOPING COUGH. Five deaths were due to Measles and
one to Whooping Cough. Both diseases were fairly - prevalent
in the early part of the year.
SCARLET FEVER. Twenty-five Cases were notified. Of this number 16
occurred in a large private school during the month off May.
Of the remainder, occurring in various parts of the District, 7 were
removed to the Isolation Hospital.