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Barking 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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I am glad to report that the incidence of gastro-enteritis (summer diarrhoea)
was much less than during the preceding year. There were six such deaths, under
the age of two years, during 1934 as compared with seventeen during the previous
year.
The following table shows the comparative figures of infant mortality and neo-natal mortality for the past eight years
Infantile and Neo-Natal Mortality and Rates for the years 1927-1934 :—
| Year. | Infantile Mortality | Infantile Mortality Rate | Neo-natal Mortality | Neo-natal Mortality Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 47 | 66.1 | 18 | 12.8 |
| 1928 | 51 | 63 | 24 | 19.3 |
| 1929 | 42 | 53.4 | 28 | 18.9 |
| 1930 | 49 | 61 | 24 | 19.2 |
| 1931 | 61 | 64 | 31 | 29.4 |
| 1932 | 59 | 53 | 28 | 25 |
| 1933 | 67 | 55.6 | 29 | 24 |
| 1934 | 71 | 56.7 | 39 | 31.15 |
6. BIRTHS.
The net number of births registered in 1934 was 1,252, affording an annual
birth rate of 17.4 per 1,000 population, compared with 17.4 in 1933, 18.3 in 1932,
18.3 in 1931, 17.8 in 1930, 18.7 in 1929 and 19.7 in 1928.
Of all births, 26 were illegitimate, giving a percentage of 2.08 of the total
births.
Notification of Births Acts, 1907-1915.—During 1934 there were 1,228 live
births notified, excluding 38 cases transferred from the district. In addition,
notifications of still-births belonging to the district totalled 48.
Thirty-one live births and 6 still-births were not notified, and these cases are
not included in the totals of notified births given above.