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5
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH AND SCHOOL MEDICAL
OFFICER FOR THE URBAN DISTRICT OF BARKING
TOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1924.
Public Health Offices,
Barking, Essex.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District
Council of Barking Town.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health
and Board of Education, I beg to submit my Annual Report
on the Public Health and School Medical Services of this district
for the year ended 31st December, 1924.
According to the Registrar-General's estimate the population
of Barking in June, 1924, was 37,890, being an increase of 680
over that of the corresponding period in 1923. The Birth, General
Death and Infantile Mortality rates for the year were 22.3, 10.0
and 85.1, showing a percentage decrease of 3.4 in the Birth Rate,
and percentage increases of 17.6 and 70.8 in the General Death
and Infantile Mortality rates over those of the preceding year.
A disquieting feature of the period is the inordinarily high
mortality rate among children under one year of age, and mainly
to be accounted for by deaths from pneumonia and prematurity.
During 1924, the Birth, General Death, and infantile Mortality
rates for England and Wales were 18.8, 12.2 and 75, and for
London, 18.7, 12.1 and 69.