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Rainfall for 1900 22.33
„ 1899 22.90
„ 1898 16.08
„ 1897 21.53
Marriages.
The number of marriages solemnized in the Barking District
was—1901, 111; 1900, 130.
Isolation hospital.
The accommodation both for nurses and patients remains the
same as in my last report. No further beds have been reserved
for Diphtheria; fortunately during the past few months there has
been a great diminution in the number of cases notified.
In the near future better accommodation will have to be provided
for the Caretaker, as the cottages are old and damp, in fact
scarcely habitable.
The old laundry was destroyed by fire in September, and a new
and far more commodious building has been erected in its stead.
Negotiations for the purchase of some acres of the adjoining land
are still in progress.

The number of deaths have been 4, or a death rate of 2.7 per
cent. Death rate in 1900 = 6.l per cent.