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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SUMMARY FOR 1912.
Population.—Calculated to the middle of the year— 32,521
Increase during year 1,008
No. of inhabitants per occupied house 5.1
Marriages 295
Annual rate of persons married per 1,000 of Population 9.0,
Males 502
Births Females 462 Total 964
Annual Rate of Births per 1,000 of Population 29.0.
Deaths Males 187
Females 139 Total 326
Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 10.0.
Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases 30
Annual Rate of Mortality from Zymotic Diseases 0.9
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 born 93.3
Area of Urban District 3,803 acres land, 303 tidal waters.
Population per acre 8.3
Houses „ „ 1.74