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Barking 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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THE ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health of the District of Barking Town
for the year ending December 31st, 1901.
To the Chairman and Members of the Barking Town Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
The population estimated up to the middle of the year was
21,730.
Population as per census of 1891, 14,301; 1901, 21,547.
Showing a decennial increase of 7,5^46.
Area in acres 3,184; 3,809 land; 5 water; 219 acres tidal
water; 87 foreshore.
Persons per acre, average for the whole District 5'6 on the above
population.
Numbers of houses in the Town, March, 1901 (census):—
| Inhabited | Uninhabited Houses. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In occupation | Not in occupation | Building. | ||
| North Ward | 783 | 27 | 34 | 4 |
| South Ward | 9.31 | 9 | 38 | 24 |
| East Ward | 1,110 | 4 | 17 | 66 |
| West Ward | 1,027 | 26 | 70 | 2 |
| 3,851 | 66 | 159 | 96 | |