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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1920.
Copulation—Calculated to the middle of the year 35,151
For Birth
and Death Rate
35,151
Marriages 267
Annual rate of persons married per 1,000 population 61.0
Births
Males 563
Females 523
Total 1,086
Annual rate per 1,000 population 30.9
Deaths
Males 249
Females 200
Total 449
Annual rate per 1,000 population 12.6
Annual Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 born 83.0
Total Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases 17
Annual Death Rate from Zymotic Diseases per
1,000 population .46
Diarrhoea in children under 2 years, per 1,000 births 3.7
Area of Urban District—3,879 acres land, 209 tidal waters.
Population per acre—11.0.