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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Vital Statistics. 39
The birth rate is 21.7 par 1,000 of the estimated population.
Last year it was 22 07 per 1,000 of the population.
Illegitimacy.
Of the 754 births registered, 36 were illegitimate, or 4 7 per
cent.
The death rate amongst illegitimate children this year is
about the same as that for legitimate children.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in the district is 276,
but for comparative purposes, certain corrections have to be made,
28 deaths of non-residents have to be deducted, and 88 deaths of
residents who have died in other districts have to be added.
The nett deaths therefore are 336. This gives a death-rate
of 9-6 per 1,000.
There were 61 deaths in Public Institutions serving this
district:—
The Putney Hospital 4
The Royal Hospital, Richmond 4
The Richmond Infirmary 31
The West London Hospital 6
The Isolation Hospital Fever 0
Tuberculosis l6