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 Barking]
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TABLE XV.—Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1919.
Birth Rate per 1,000 population. | ANNUAL DEATH RATE PER 1,000 CIVILIAN POPULATION. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DEATHS. | ||||||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (Under 2 years) | Total Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths in Public Institutions. 1 | Certified Causes. | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
England and Wales | 18.5 | 13.8 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 007 | 013 | 0.47 | 9.59 | 89 | 239 | 925 | 6.2 | 1.3 |
96 Great Towns, including London (census populations exceeding 50,000) | 19.0 | 13.8 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.45 | 12.24 | 93 | 29.2 | 92.3 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
148 Smaller Towns (census | |||||||||||||||
populations, 20,000-50,000) | 18.3 | 12.6 | 0.01 | o.oo | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 8.67 | 90 | 16.6 | 93.6 | 4.9 | 1.5 |
London | 18.3 | 13.4 | 0.01 | o.oo | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 16.22 | 85 | 44.7 | 91.2 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
Barking | 23.1 | 11.0 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 12.2 | 62.2 | 14.2 |
* Non-civilians are included in these figures for England and Wales but not for other areas.
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