London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Barking 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Proportion per 1,000 population engaged in occupations:—

Married72
Unmarried473
Widowed283
Married and Widowed97

Proportion of Domestic Indoor Servants per 1,000
families, 78.
The main occupations for males are Match, India-rubber,
Gas, Building Trades and Transport.
The proportion of occupied women is high, being approximately
25 per cent, of these over 20 years.
The main occupations for females are match-making,
domestic indoor service and dressmaking, in its various branches.
It is to be noted that in 93 per cent, of the families of the
town, no indoor domestic help is obtained. The number of outdoor
domestic workers is also small. The proportion of married
workers is 7 per cent., a small figure when the type of district is
borne in mind. The occupations followed are not specially
prejudicial to health, and no deaths can be directly attributed to
their injurious effects. The amount of poverty, as judged by the
Poor Law Administration, has not been great.

The figures are as follows:—

1913.1914.
Out-Relief £1,9736s.7id.£2,20615s.l¼d.
Men.Women.Children.Men.WomenChildren.
Admissions to Infirmary 762513884420
,, ,, House 893290684145
165571031568565
Total 325.Total 306.