[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.

Births :—	Males.	Females.	Total.	Birth Rate.

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Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :—

Males.	Females.	Total.	Total Infantile
Males.	Females.	Total.	Death Rate.		Death Rate.

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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANAYSIS 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.
	Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Population.	All Causes.	Enteric 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.	Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.	Uncertified Cause9 of Death.

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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1923 to 1929.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each Year.	Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Nett.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Nett.		Number.	Rate.	Of Nonresidents registered in the District.	Of residents registered out of the District.	Under One year of age.		At all Ages.
		Number.	Rate.					Under One year of age.		At all Ages.
		Number.	Rate.					Number.	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	Number	Rate.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

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(c) CLINIC AND TREATMENT CENTRES.

Name and	Situation.	Nature of Accommodation.	By Whom Provided.

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The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table:—

Specimen				Number examined

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Age Mortality.—The deaths in various age groups, according to the figures obtained locally, were as follows:—

Age Group.	No. of Deaths.

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Causes of death in 1929.—The table on page 24 shows the principal causes of death at various ages. Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths or important from a Public Health aspect were as follows :—

Disease.	No. of Deaths.	Percentage of total net deaths registered.

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CAUSES OF AND AGES OF DEATH DURING YEAR, 1929. (Nett Deaths.)

Causes of Death.	Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the district.
	Under one year	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards	Total

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Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year:—

Causes of Death. (All causes certified.)	Under 1 week.	1—2 weeks.	2—3 weeks.	3—4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	4 weeks and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 12 months.	Total under one year.

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1. GENERAL.

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NOTICES SERVED.

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Below are particulars of samples submitted for bacteriological examination:—

Type of Sample.	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Total.

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The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks under the Milk (Special designations) Order, 1923:—

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Diseased meat was destroyed as under:—

Description.	Disease.	Weight.

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The following table gives particulars of notifications received, and the animals slaughtered, during the period April 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1929.

Year	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	Total.

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During the year ended 31st December, 1929, the following articles of food were taken in Barking and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis:—

Milk.	Butter.	Other Samples.	Total.

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1. Inspections (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.)

Premises.	Number of
	Inspections.	Written Notices.		Prosecutions.
	Inspections.	Intimations.	Statutory.	Prosecutions.

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2. DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.	Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Ins.

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REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (Sec. 131) at the end of the year. (I)	Number. (2)

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OUT-WORKERS.

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TABLE I.

	Males.	Females.	Total	Total cases rem'd to Hos.	Deaths.

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TABLE II.

Notifiable Disease.	No. of cases notified at age groups.												Cases classified according to Wards.
Notifiable Disease.	Under one year.	1 to 2 years.	2 to 3 years.	3 to 4 years.	4 to 5 years.	5 to 10 years.	10 to 15 years.	15 to 20 years.	20 to 35 years.	35 to 45 years.	45 to 65 years.	Over 65 years.	Abbey.	Gascoigne.	Central.	Ripple.	Longbridge.	Westbury.

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TABLE III. Monthly summary of notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria received during 1929 :

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria	Total.

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ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The following is the table of admissions, etc., in respect of infectious diseases during 1929 :—

Disease.	In Hospital January, 1st, 1929.	Admitted during the year.	Died.	Discharged	In Hospital Dec. 31st. 1929.

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Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis notified and of deaths from the disease during 1929 is afforded by the following table:-

	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.
	Male	Female.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.

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The following are particulars of cases notified under Forms C and D during the year:—

Form C.				Form D.
Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.
Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.

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The following table gives in tabular form the number of patients removed from the Dispensary Register during the year :—

No. on Dispensary Register 31-12-28.	Numbers removed from the Dispensary Register.							Number on Dispensary Register 31-12-20
No. on Dispensary Register 31-12-28.	Died.	Left District.	Dis-charged (Non Tb.)	Discharged " Cured"	Transferred to another Dispensary, etc.	Amended Diagnosis	Total	Number on Dispensary Register 31-12-20

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The following table shows that much has been done and register is far more valuable now than it was a year ago

	On Regst. 31-12-28.	New cases during year,	Died.	Cured.	Left district.	Amend. diagnosis.	Other.	Total rem. from reg.	On Reg. 31-12-29

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The following table gives details of the notifications received :—

By whom notified.	Live Births.	Still Births

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Investigation of the health visitors elicited the following information

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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM There was a decrease in the number of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, notifications being 14, compared with 15 in 1928. 8 of the cases occurred in the practice of midwives, the remainder being attended by medical practitioners.

Age Group.	Cases.			Vision unimpaired.	Vision impaired.	Total Blindness.	Deaths.
	Notified	Treated.
	Notified	At Home.	At Hosptl.

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INFANT AND CHILD WELFARE. Work of the Health Visitors and the Infant Clinics. An analysis of the attendance at the Infant Welfare Centres is piven in the following table:—

Infant Welfare Centres.	Clinic Premises	Alex. Centre	Movers Lane	Total

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Particulars of the home visits paid by the health visitors is given in the following table

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mothers arid of children referred from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics were as follows:—

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The cases dealt with for the first time during 1929 were referred for the following conditions:—

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Muscular Deformities—

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PROVISION OF FRESH MILK. Particulars of the amounts of wet milk supplied free and at reduced rates to necessitous mothers and children are given in the following table:—

No. of pints supplied at reduced price.	No. of pints supplied free.	Total.	Total cost of milk supplied.			Council's liability in respect of fresh milk supplied.

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PROVISION OF DRIED MILK, Etc. Particulars of the amount of Dried Milk, etc., supplied free and at reduced rates, are as follows :—

	Cost Price, (lbs.)	Reduced Price, (lbs.)	Free, (lbs.)	Total, (lbs.)

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2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.

Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :—

BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANAYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR.

VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1923 to 1929.

(c) CLINIC AND TREATMENT CENTRES.

The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table:—

Age Mortality.—The deaths in various age groups, according to the figures obtained locally, were as follows:—

Causes of death in 1929.—The table on page 24 shows the principal causes of death at various ages. Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths or important from a Public Health aspect were as follows :—

CAUSES OF AND AGES OF DEATH DURING YEAR, 1929. (Nett Deaths.)

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year:—

1. GENERAL.

NOTICES SERVED.

Below are particulars of samples submitted for bacteriological examination:—

The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks under the Milk (Special designations) Order, 1923:—

Diseased meat was destroyed as under:—

The following table gives particulars of notifications received, and the animals slaughtered, during the period April 1st, 1925, to December 31st, 1929.

During the year ended 31st December, 1929, the following articles of food were taken in Barking and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis:—

1. Inspections (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.)

2. DEFECTS FOUND.

REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

OUT-WORKERS.

TABLE I.

TABLE II.

TABLE III. Monthly summary of notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria received during 1929 :

ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The following is the table of admissions, etc., in respect of infectious diseases during 1929 :—

Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis notified and of deaths from the disease during 1929 is afforded by the following table:-

The following are particulars of cases notified under Forms C and D during the year:—

The following table gives in tabular form the number of patients removed from the Dispensary Register during the year :—

The following table shows that much has been done and register is far more valuable now than it was a year ago

The following table gives details of the notifications received :—

Investigation of the health visitors elicited the following information

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM There was a decrease in the number of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, notifications being 14, compared with 15 in 1928. 8 of the cases occurred in the practice of midwives, the remainder being attended by medical practitioners.

INFANT AND CHILD WELFARE. Work of the Health Visitors and the Infant Clinics. An analysis of the attendance at the Infant Welfare Centres is piven in the following table:—

Particulars of the home visits paid by the health visitors is given in the following table

mothers arid of children referred from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics were as follows:—

The cases dealt with for the first time during 1929 were referred for the following conditions:—

Muscular Deformities—

PROVISION OF FRESH MILK. Particulars of the amounts of wet milk supplied free and at reduced rates to necessitous mothers and children are given in the following table:—

PROVISION OF DRIED MILK, Etc. Particulars of the amount of Dried Milk, etc., supplied free and at reduced rates, are as follows :—

DENTAL CLINIC. Maternity and under-age Cases.