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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1907 AND PREVIOUS YEARS
| Year. | Population estimated to diddle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in District. | the | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deathn of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the ;. District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number | Rate per 1.000 Births registered | Number- | Rate.* | Number | Rate.- | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1897 | 18,500 | 771 | 41.6 | 138 | 178 | 360 | 21.2 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | 20.000 | 724 | 36.2 | 129 | 178 | 321 | 16.0 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 1899 | 21,500 | 798 | 37.0 | 137 | 172 | 389 | 17.5 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 1900 | 21,500 | 783 | 36.4 | 159 | 203 | 384 | 17.8 | 8 | - | - | 399 | 18.5 |
| 1901 | 21,730 | 799 | 36.7 | 150 | 198 | 347 | 15.9 | 6 | - | 36 | 383 | 17.6 |
| 1902 | 23,500 | 817 | 34.7 | 110 | 134 | 299 | 12.6 | 7 | - | 38 | 336 | 14.2 |
| 1903 | 25,000 | 856 | 34.2 | 97 | 113 | 322 | 12.8 | 18 | - | 35 | 357 | 14.2 |
| 1904 | 26,500 | 896 | 33.8 | 129 | 143 | 3)6 | 13.0 | 11 | - | 29 | 385 | 14.5 |
| 1905 | 28,000 | 900 | 32.1 | 128 | 142 | 337 | 12.0 | 18 | - | 42 | 397 | 13.5 |
| 1906 | 28,500 | 873 | 30.6 | 143 | 162 | 322 | 11.2 | 7 | - | 38 | 360 | 12.7 |
| Averages for years 1897-1906 | 23,473 | 821 | 35.3 | 132 | 162 | 343 | 15.0 | 8 | - | — | — | — |
| 1907 | 29,500 | 868 | 29.4 | 98 | 112 | 271 | 9.1 | 7 | - | 49 | 320 | 10.8 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Ar a of District in acres . Total population at all ages 21,547
(exclusive of area 3,797 Number of inhabited houses 3,851 At Census of 1901.
covered by water). Average number of persons per house 5.6