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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Comparing the town with itself, the following shows much cause for gratification as regards the general
death rate and infant mortality, which are the lowest on record.
VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1917 TO 1922.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nett. | Of Nonresidents registered in the District. | Of residents registered out of the District. | Under One year of age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 1917 | 32394 | 758 | 23.4 | 520 | 14.4 | — | 111 | 89 | 117.4 | 631 | 17.4 |
| 36110 | |||||||||||
| 1918 | 31579 | 728 | 23.1 | 542 | 15.3 | — | 98 | 60 | 82.4 | 640 | 18.1 |
| 35383 | |||||||||||
| 1919 | 33804 | 815 | 33.0 | 277 | 8.1 | — | 95 | 54 | 650 | 372 | 11.0 |
| 35214 | |||||||||||
| 1920 | 35151 | 1086 | 30.9 | 339 | 9.6 | — | 110 | 92 | 83.0 | 449 | 12.6 |
| 1921 | 36250 | 968 | 26.0 | 297 | 7.1 | — | 97 | 74 | 74.1 | 394 | 10.8 |
| 1922 | 36680 | 882 | 24.0 | 308 | 8.1 | — | 56 | 49 | 55.5 | 364 | 9.9 |