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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
| Live Births :— | Total. | Males. | Females. | Birth Rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1,115 | 541 | 574 | 14.58 | |||
| Illegitimate | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0.24 | |||
| Totals | 1,133 | 549 | 584 | 14.82 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 Still-births:— total births | |||||||
| Legitimate | 30 | 25 | 11 | 30.8 | |||
| Illegitimate | — | — | — | ||||
| Heaths | 600 | 324 | 276 | ||||
| Death Rate 7.8. Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 52.3. | |||||||
| Heaths from puerperal causes :— | Heaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 1 | 0.86 | |||||
| Other puerperal causes | 4 | 3.42 | |||||
| Totals | 5 | 4.28 | |||||
| Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :— | Total Infantile | ||||||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Heath Rate. | Heath Rate. | |||
| Legitimate | 40 | 20 | 60 | 53.8 | 53.8 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | — | 1 | 55.5 | |||
| Number of deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 86 (87) | ||||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | — | ||||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 1 | ||||||
| „ „ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 9 (8) | ||||||
(N.B.—\\ here the Registrar-General s figures and rates (liner from those prepared locally,
the former are shown separately in brackets.)