[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC].

  • Barnet (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1949?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet UDC]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (4) EXTRACT FROM VITAL AND MORTAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR, Total, M. F. Live Birth (Legitimate 389 190 199 (Illegitimate 20 12 8 Birth Rate per 1.000 of the estimated resident population: l6.66 Total. M. F. (Legitimate 10 3 7 Still Births (Illegitimate Nil Nil Nil Still Birth Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) Births: 23.87 Total, M. F. Deaths 262 120 142 Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated average population: 10.67 Deaths from puerperal causes:- Puerperal Sepsis: Nil. Death Rate per 1,000 total births : Nil. Other Puerperal causes: Nil. : Nil. Death Rate from Puerperal causes per 1,000 total (live and still) Births: Nil. Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:- All infants per 1,000 live births: 24.45 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births: 25.71 Illegitimate infants par 1,000 illegitimate live births: Nil Deaths from Cancer (all ages): 55 Measles (all ages): Nil Whooping Cough (all ages); 2 Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age): Nil GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE DISTRICT. Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority or County Council. A. (l) Infectious Diseases Isolation Hospital in Barnet. (2) Smallpox Hospital at Cheshunt. B. (1) Tuberculosis Hospital at Ware, under North East Regional Hospital Board. (2) Maternity block with 52 beds at the Wellhouse Hospital in Barnet. Ambulance Facilities. Infectious Disease - Motor Ambulance at Isolation Hospital. Non-Infectious Disease - The Motor Ambulance Service is under the control of the Hertfordshire County Council Ambulance Brigade, By Day and Night - 'phone BARnet 2222.