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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SUMMARY FOR 1914.
Population.—Calculated to the middle of the year—34,685
Increase during year 1,134
Inhabitants per occupied house 5.1
Marriages 221
Annual rate of persons married per 1,000 Population 6.3
Births
Males 507
Females 482
Total 989
Annual Rate per 1,000 Population 28.4
Deaths
Males 234
Females 170
Total 404
Annual Rate per 1,000 Population 11.65
Annual Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 born 106 4
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases 39
Annual Rate from Zymotic Diseases 112
Death Rate corrected for age and sex distribution. 11.0
Real Death Rate 17.14
Life expectancy at Birth (Brownlee's Method) 58 years
Area of Urban District—3,803 acres land, 303 tidal waters.
Population per Acre—8.4.
Houses per Acre—1.68