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Barking 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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The following table gives the birth-rates in the various wards of
the district, which show fairly clearly what is now a well appreciated
fact, namely, that the size of family varies in inverse
proportion to the ability of the parents to maintain them :—

Birth Rates for four preceding years.

North.South.East.West.
191231.233.421.330.0
191129.138.627.132.3
191021.925.423.241.6
190919.324.524.739.4
Average for four years25,37 530.4724.0735.82

Marriages.
There were 295 marriages registered in the district. Of
these 270 were solemnised in the Church of England. The
rate per 1.000 was nine as compared with 15 for the previous
year.
Deaths.
There were 260 deaths registered in the district, but to
these must be added 66 reported from other districts as belonging
to Barking, giving a total of 326. The death-rate
worked out at 10 per 1,000. Of the total number of deaths
there were 187 males and 139 females, and the distribution in
various wards was as follows:—
1912.
North. South. East. West. Not stated.
Total Deaths 44 94 65 96 27
Population 4,348 7,331 12,671 8,171 — .
Rate per 1,000 10.1 12.8 5.1 11.7 —