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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barnes 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Statistical Memoranda for 1918.
| Area—Barnes | 1,067 acres |
| „ Mortlake | 1,583 „ |
| 2,650 | |
| Tidal waters of foreshore | 133 |
| 2,517 |
Population as estimated to middle of 1917 by Registrar General
| For Births | 36,223 |
| For Deaths | 32,495 |
| Residental Death Rate for 1918 | 11.3 per 1,000 |
| *District „ „ „ „ | 12.4 |
*After adding deaths of residents occurring outside the district and deducting
deaths of non residents occurring in the district.
Birth Rate
12 per 1 ,000 of population
| Death Rate from Infectious Diseases(including influenza) | 36 per 1,000 | |
| „ „ „ Pulmonary Tuberculosis | .8 „ | |
| „ „ „ Cancer | 1.07 „ | |
| „ „ „ Pneumonia | .9 „ | |
| Infantile Death Rate | 91 per 1,000 births | |
| Census Population, 1901 | 17,900 | |
| „ „ 1911 | 30,377 | |
| Number of Inhabited Houses | 7,950 | |
| Rateable Value—Agricultural land | £1,6781 | £283,873 |
| „ „ Other Hereditaments | £282,1951 | |
| Assessable Value | £262,029 | |
| General District Rate | 4/- in the £ | |
| Poor Rate—Barnes | 3/9 „ | |
| „ „ Mortlake | 4/2 „ | |
Id. in the £ for District Rate purposes produces £1,060.