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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Statistical Memoranda for 1912.
| Area—Barnes | 1,067 acres | |
| „ Mortlake | 1,583 „ | |
| 2,650 | ||
| Tidal waters of foreshore | 133 | |
| 2,517 | ||
| Population | 32,000 | |
| Birth Rate | 21.8 per 1,000 | |
| District Death Rate | 6.9 „ | |
| Death Rate | After adding deaths of residents dying outside the district and deducting those of non-residents dying in the district | 9.0 |
| Zymotic Death Rate | .2 „ | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | .9 „ | |
| Infantile Death Rate | 58.5 per 1,000 births | |
| Inhabited Houses | 7,547 | |
| Persons per Inhabited House | 4.24 | |
| Census Population, 1901 | 17,900 | |
| „ „ 1911 | 30,377 | |
| Rateable Value—Agricultural land | £1,958 | |
| „ „ Other Hereditaments | £268,115 | |
| Assessable Value | £245,789 10s. | |
| General District Rate | 3/10 | |
| Poor Rate—Barnes | 3/5 | |
| „ „ Mortlake | 3/7 | |
1d. in the £ for District Rate purposes produces £950