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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 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: An analysis of the distribution of the deaths of infants under I year of age, according to wards, is of interest, and is given in the table following:—

An analysis of the distribution of the deaths of infants under I year of age, according to wards, is of interest, and is given in the table following:—

Ward.Notified Births., Deaths.1927 death rate per 1,000 notified births.
Abbey14516110.3
Gascoigne120433.3
Central76565.7
Longbridge131645.8
Westbury11312106.1
Ripple100440.0

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INFANT MORTALITY AND SEX.
An excessive female death rate occurred during the year,
the rate being 57.9 per thousand for male, and 73.9 for female
children.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Twenty-one illegitimate children were born during the year, and
in the same period 5 deaths of illegitimate infants occurred ; the
infantile mortality rate among these children was therefore 238.0;
while that for legitimate infants was 60.9.
DENTAL CLINIC.
A steady expansion in this branch of the work has been taking
place, and during 1927 the attendances of expectant and nursing
mothers and of children referred from the Maternity and Child
Welfare Clinics were as follows :—
(1) Number of children treated 101
(2) Number of mothers treated :—
(a) New cases 118
(b) Old cases 412
(3) Number of dentures supplied 40
Sixty-four sessions were held.