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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Statistical Memoranda for 1913.
Area—Barnes 1,067 acres
„ Mortlake 1,583 „
2,650
Tidal waters of foreshore 133
2,517
Population to June, 1913 33,386
Birth Rate 22.07 per 1,000
Residential Death Rate for 1913 8.8 „
District Death
Rate for 1913
After adding deaths of residents
dying outside the district and
deducting those of non-residents
dying in the district
10.5 „
Zymotic Death Rate .69 ,,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Residents only) .98 ,,
Infantile Death Rate 84.2 per 1,000 births
Inhabited Houses to June, 1913 7,949
Persons per Inhabited House 4.2
Census Population, 1901 17,900
1911 30,377
Rateable Value—Agricultural land £1,810
„ ,, Other Hereditaments £268,944
Assessable Value £248,864 10s. 0d.
General District Rate 3/10
Poor Rate—Barnes 3/5
,, ,, Mortlake 3/6
Id. in the £ for District Rate purposes produces £980.
The Comparative Mortality figure for Barnes for 1912 is
680.7, which means that for every 1,000 deaths in England and
Wales there are only 680.7 in Barnes.