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Barking 1913

[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.

191119011891188118711851 and 1861
MalesFemalesM alesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
0 to 5138134146157165175162148142151158145
5 to 10128129140147147145128132145123140127
10 to 15119120141140115116119119120113101115
15 to 2096969884898710510492949681
20 to 25747982808581899777908188
25 to 35153151147147168155137131157146134146
35 to 45130126121116107101116114114112110114
45to 55868270637270747875728084
55 to 65464337413442444542525657
65 to 75212615191421192328313331
75 to 85684546798141211
85 to end110102021212

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