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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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The history of the district for the last 22 years is given in the following table, and shows a steady and rapid growth of the population, a marked decline in the birth and death rates, and an improvement in the rate of Infantile Mortality since 1907.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths all ages. | Natural increase of population. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | |||
| *1891 | 14,301 | 640 | 44.7 | 96 | 150 | 282 | 17.7 | 358 |
| 1892 | 15,115 | 652 | 43.1 | 99 | 151.8 | 281 | 18.5 | 371 |
| 1893 | 15,829 | 629 | 39.1 | 98 | 156.6 | 288 | 18.1 | 331 |
| 1894 | 16,000 | 693 | 43.3 | 85 | 122.4 | 207 | 13.0 | 486 |
| 1895 | 16,000 | 693 | 43.3 | 112 | 162.6 | 312 | 19.5 | 381 |
| 1896 | 16,500 | 698 | 43.3 | 104 | 148.9 | 250 | 17.1 | 448 |
| 1897 | 18,500 | 771 | 41.6 | 138 | 178. | 360 | 21.2 | 411 |
| 1898 | 20,000 | 724 | 36.2 | 129 | 178. | 321 | 16. | 423 |
| 1899 | 21,500 | 798 | 37. | 137 | 172. | 389 | 17.5 | 409 |
| 1900 | 21,500 | 783 | 36.4 | 159 | 203. | 384 | 17.8 | 399 |
| *1901 | 21,730 | 899 | 41.3 | 155 | 172. | 347 | 15.9 | 552 |
| 1902 | 23,500 | 817 | 34.7 | — | 134. | 336 | 14.2 | 481 |
| 1903 | 25,100 | 856 | 34.1 | — | — | 357 | 14.2 | 499 |
| 1904 | 26,500 | 896 | 33.8 | 129 | 143. | 385 | 14.5 | 511 |
| 1905 | 28,000 | 900 | 32.1 | 128 | 142. | 397 | 14.1 | 503 |
| 1906 | 28,500 | 873 | 30.6 | 143 | 162. | 360 | 12.6 | 513 |
| 1907 | 29,500 | 868 | 29.4 | 98 | 112. | 320 | 10.8 | 548 |
| 1908 | 30,000 | 924 | 30.8 | 110 | 117. | 376 | 12.5 | 548 |
| 1909 | 33,136 | 865 | 28.5 | 93 | 107. | 339 | 12.8 | 526 |
| 1910 | 32,502 | 900 | 27.6 | 88 | 97.7 | 325 | 9.9 | 475 |
| *1911 | 31,513 | 1,005 | 31.8 | 158 | 157. | 508 | 16.1 | 497 |
| 1912 | 32,521 | 964 | 29.6 | 90 | 95.1 | 326 | 10. | 638 |
| * Census years. | ||||||||
Note.. Population up to 1911, for intercensus years is estimated
on number of occupied house. That for 1912 is
calculated on the decennial rate of increase. The
figures from 1907 to 1910 probably considerably overestimate
the number of persons resident in the district,