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Barking 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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74
60. INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During 1932, fifty-nine children died under the age of one year. This is at the
rate of 53.4 per 1,000 live births.
This is a satisfactory figure, and, although it is not safe to depend too much
on the figure in any one year, it is a figure on which you can nevertheless congratulate
yourselves.
In these 59 deaths, there were the usual number of inevitable deaths, so that
I have no reason to suppose it was an exceptionally lucky year.
The corresponding figure for the whole of England was 65, for the County
Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) 69, for the Smaller Towns 58 and for
London 66.

Table: The following table shows the infant mortality figure for Barking from 1891 to 1932:—

The following table shows the infant mortality figure for Barking from 1891 to 1932:—

Year.Number of deaths under one year.Infantile Mortality Rate per 1000 live births.Year.Number of deaths under one year.Infantile Mortality Rate per 1000 live births.
189196150.019129095.1
189299151.81913116113.3
189398156.61914104106.4
189485122.41915108115.0
1895112162.619167075.0
1896104148.9191789117.4
1897138178.019186082.4
1898129178.019195465.0
1899137172.019209283.0
1900159203.019217474.1
1901155172.019224955.5
1902112134.0192343*49.8*
190397113.019247285.1
1904129143.019256680.0
1905128142.019264959.9
1906143163.019274766.1
190798112.019285163.3
1903110117.019294253.4
190993107.019304961.3
19108897.719316164.4
1911158157.019325953.4

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* Registrar-General's figures.
Of the 59 deaths of infants under the age of one year, one was due to bronchopneumonia
following measles.