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Barking 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The total number of deaths was 320, against 360 last year.
Ten years ago the total number was 360, and the population
was estimated at 18,500.
The deaths divided according to the different age periods are as follows:—
| Under 1 year | 98 | 143 |
| One year and under 5 year | 46 | 68 |
| Total under 5 years | 144 | 211 |
| Five years and under 15 years | 14 | 14 |
| Fifteen and under 25 years | 11 | 15 |
| Twenty-five years and under 65 years | 108 | 70 |
| Sixty-five year3 and upwards | 43 | 50 |
| Total | 320 | 360 |
In comparing these figures with those of last year the decrease
in the proportion of deaths under five is noticeable and encouraging.
In 1906 the deaths under five years were in the proportion of
53 per cent. to the total number, and in 1907 only 45 per cent.
The only other noticeable features I think in regard to the
numbers in the particular age periods are the larger number of
deaths from Phthisis in 1907, viz., 22 iu the age period 25 to 65,
as against 13 in the same age period in 1906, and Heart Disease
which gives 7 in 1903, and 15 in 1907.
The Birth Rate.
The number of births registered in 1907 was 868, which gives
a birth rate for the district of 29.4 This is the lowest for which
there is any record.