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Barking 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table ofDEATHSduring the Year1896,in the Urban Sanitary District of Barking Town, Classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

At all ages250Under 1 year1041 and under 5225 and under 151615 and under 251325 and under 656065 and upwards35

Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children Under

Five Years of Age.

Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total
TyphusEnteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing,Puerpural.
Under 5__31---__--_113-2102-193126
5 Upwards221-7--1-1--811612145459124

The Subjoined Numbers have also to be taken into Account in Judging
of the above Records of Mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the District among persons belonging thereto.
At all ages, 33—1 year and under 5, 3 ; 5 and under 15, 3 ; 15 and under 25, 2 ; 25 and
under 65, 16; 65 and upwards, 9. Total under 5 years, 3 ; 5 and upwards, 30.
Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES .of INFECTIOUS
SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the
year 1896, in the Urban District of Barking Town; classified according to Diseases,
Ages, and Localities.
Population at all ages.
Census, 1891, 14,301. Estimated to middle of 1896, 16,500 Registered Births, 698.

New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical

Officer of Health.

Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Enteric or Typhoid.Puerpural.Erysipelas.liemoved to Isolation Hospital.
Scarlatina.Diph_ theria.Enteric or Typhoid.
Under 5168-2-21112
5 Upwards433913421437927

''Notification of Infectious Disease" has been compulsory in the District since
January, 1890.