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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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3. BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR.
| Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Entcric Fever. | Small Pox | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under Two years). | Total Deaths under One year. | Causes of Deaths Cer. tified by Registered Medical Practitioners | Inquest Cases. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| England and Wales | 17.8 | 11.6 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.47 | 8.7 | 70 | 91.8 | 7.2 | 1.0 |
| 105 County Eorougha and Great Towns including Loudon | 18.2 | 11.6 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0,02 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.22 | 0.43 | 11.8 | 73 | 92.0 | 7.5 | 05 |
| † 158 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000 50 000) | 17.6 | 10.6 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.40 | 6.6 | 67 | 92.6 | 6.3 | 1.1 |
| London | 17.1 | 11.6 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.48 | 11.8 | 64 | SO.f. | 9.4 . | 0.0 |
| BARKING | 21.01 | 9.4 | 0.02 | — | 0.17 | - | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 18.3 | 59 | 91.8 | 8.2 | — |
Hanwe.l U. 1. having been added to Ealing M. B. on the 1st October. 1926. the figures relate to 158 towns for the first
nine months, and to 157 towns for the rest of the year.