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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say, and much diversity of opinion has been expressed upon it,
though I think eventually that our intuitive wisdom, which looks
upon a falling birth rate as dangerous, will be ultimately proved
to be correct.
The birth rate for women between 15 to 45 has been added.
Year | Population calculated to mid-year | Birth Rate per 1,000 population | Birth Kate per 1,000 women, 15 10 45 years | Infantile Mortality. Deaths within one year per 1,000 births | Deaths per 1,000 of Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891 | 14477 | 442 | 213 | 150 | 19.5 |
1892 | 15900 | 41.0 | 209 | 151.8 | 17.7 |
1893 | 16622 | 37.8 | 193 | 156.6 | 17.3 |
1894 | 17352 | 39.9 | 205 | 122.4 | 11.9 |
1895 | 18090 | 38.3 | 196 | 162.6 | 172 |
1896 | 18835 | 37.1 | 191 | 148.9 | 13 3 |
1897 | 19588 | 39.4 | 204 | 178 | 18 4 |
1898 | 20349 | 35.6 | 185 | 178 | 15.8 |
1899 | 21118 | 37.8 | 197 | 172 | 18.4 |
1900 | 21730 | 36.0 | 187 | 203 | 17.7 |
1901 | 21954 | 40.9 | 193 | 172 | 158 |
1902 | 22855 | 35.7 | 168 | 134 | 14.7 |
1903 | 23766 | 36.0 | 168 | ... | 15.0 |
1904 | 24686 | 36.3 | 169 | 143 | 15.6 |
1905 | 25615 | 35.1 | 163 | 142 | 15.5 |
1906 | 26555 | 32.9 | 152 | 162 | 13.6 |
1907 | 27504 | 31.6 | 145 | 112 | 11.6 |
1008 | 28463 | 32.5 | 149 | 117 | 13.2 |
1909 | 29432 | 29.4 | 134 | 107 | 11.5 |
1910 | 30410 | 29.6 | 135 | 97.7 | 10.7 |
1911 | 31513 | 31.9 | 142 | 157 | 16.1 |
1912 | 32521 | 29.6 | 130 | 95.1 | 10.0 |
1913 | 33551 | 30.4 | 129 | 113.3 | 14.1 |