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Barking 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SUMMARY FOR 1913.
33551
Population.—Calculated to middle of the year
Increase during year 1030
Number of Inhabitants per occupied
house 5.3
Total 222
Marriages.—Annual rate of persons married
per 1,000 population 6.4
Births— Males 505
Females 518
1,023
Annual Rate of Birth per 1,000 of Population 30.4
Deaths—Males 252
Females 222
474
Annual rate of Mortality per 1,000 Population 14.1
Death Rate corrected for age and sex distri-
bution 13.93
Real Death Rate 19.17
Life expectancy at Birth (Brownlee's Method) 52 years
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 69
Annual Rate of Mortality from Zymotic Diseases 1.98
Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 born 113.3
Area of Urban District—3,803 acres land, 303 tidal waters.
Population per acre 912
Houses per acre 1. 7