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Barking 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SECTION A.
| 1. General Statistics. | |||
| Area (acres) 4,174 Ward areas | 3,874 | ||
| Tidal Water H.W.M. | |||
| Thames | 240 | ||
| Roding | 58 | ||
| Loxford Water | 2 | ||
| 300 | |||
| 4,174 | |||
| Population (1931 Census) | 51,277 | ||
| Population (June, 1935) (Registrar-General's Estimate) | 72,650 | ||
| Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1936, according to Rate Books:— | |||
| Houses | 17,235 | ||
| Shoos | 1.202 | ||
| Total | 18,497 | ||
| Population Density, i.e., No. of persons per acre | 17,4 | ||
| Rateable Value—General | £651,458 | 0 0 | |
| Sum represented by a penny rate | £2,038 | 5 10 | |
| Education rates :— | |||
| Elementary | Included in General Rate Figure | 3 6 | |
| Secondary | |||
| General Rate | 13 6 | ||
2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
| Live Births:— | Total. | Males. | Females. | Birth Rate. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,214 | 634 | 580 | 16.7 | |
| Illegitimate | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Totals | 1,226 | 641 | 585 | 16.9 | |
| Still-births :— | Rate per 1,000 total births :— | ||||
| Legitimate | 29 | 14 | 15 | 23.9 | |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 1 | |||
| Deaths | 558 (563) | 284 (288) | 274(275) | ||
| Death Rate 7.7 Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 54.3. | |||||
| Deaths from puerperal causes :— | Deaths. | Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births. | |||
| Puerperal sepsis | 3 | 2 -39 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 1 | 0-79 | |||
| Totals | 4 | 3 18 | |||
| Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :— | Total Infantile | ||||
| Death | Death | ||||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Rate. | Rate. | |
| Legitimate | 31 | 30 | 61 | 50.2 | 52.2 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 250.0 | |
| Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 2 | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 7(5) | ||||
(N.B.—Where the Registrar-General's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally,
the former are shown separately in brackets.)