Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Considering the age and sex distribution in each census since 1851, the following figures are obtained when reduced to a basis of 1,000 of each age and sex.
1911 | 1901 | 1891 | 1881 | 1871 | 1851 and 1861 | |||||||
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Males | Females | M ales | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
0 to 5 | 138 | 134 | 146 | 157 | 165 | 175 | 162 | 148 | 142 | 151 | 158 | 145 |
5 to 10 | 128 | 129 | 140 | 147 | 147 | 145 | 128 | 132 | 145 | 123 | 140 | 127 |
10 to 15 | 119 | 120 | 141 | 140 | 115 | 116 | 119 | 119 | 120 | 113 | 101 | 115 |
15 to 20 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 84 | 89 | 87 | 105 | 104 | 92 | 94 | 96 | 81 |
74 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 85 | 81 | 89 | 97 | 77 | 90 | 81 | 88 | |
25 to 35 | 153 | 151 | 147 | 147 | 168 | 155 | 137 | 131 | 157 | 146 | 134 | 146 |
35 to 45 | 130 | 126 | 121 | 116 | 107 | 101 | 116 | 114 | 114 | 112 | 110 | 114 |
86 | 82 | 70 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 80 | 84 | |
55 to 65 | 46 | 43 | 37 | 41 | 34 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 42 | 52 | 56 | 57 |
65 to 75 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 31 |
75 to 85 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 11 |
85 to end | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
The outstanding feature of this series is the shrinkage,
especially since 1891, of the distribution, that is we have relatively
less infants and people of extreme old age than in former
years. The latter is purely a relative phenomenon, but the former
is very real, and constitutes one of the most serious aspects of
our social life. What the effect of the loss will be is hard to