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Barnes 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Vital Statistics. 41
BIRTHS AND DEATHS LAST YEAR.
The Lancet gives the following table showing the birth and death rates and the rates of infantile mortality in England and Wales and in certain parts of the country during the year 1914, the figures being provisional ;—
| Annual rate per 1,000 living | Deaths under one year to 1.000 births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birtbs. | Deaths. | |||
| Crude. | Standardized* | |||
| England and Wales | 23-6 | 13-9 | 13.6 | 105 |
| 97 great towns including | 24-9 | 14 6 | 14.9 | 113 |
| 145 smaller towns | 23 6 | 128 | 12.9 | 104 |
| England and Wales less the 242 towns | 21-9 | 13 3 | 12.2 | 93 |
| London............ | 24 6 | 14. 4 | 14.4 | 103 |
* The standardized death-rates are the rates which would have been
recorded had the sex ana age constitution of the populations of the several
areas been identical with that of England and Wales as enumerated in 1901.
In 1913 the birth-rate for the whole of the United Kingdom
was 23*9 and the death-rate 14-2.
LOCAL BIRTH RATES.
| 1904 | 26.6 | 1908 | 23.7 | 1912 | 21.8 |
| 1905 | 24.7 | 1909 | 24.2 | 1913 | 22.07 |
| 1906 | 24.7 | 1910 | 22.7 | 1914 | 21.7 |
| 1907 | 24.4 | 1911 | 23.7 |
These figures show that there is a gradual decline in the
birth- rate going on.