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Barking 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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3. BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING
THE YEAR 1938.
(England & Wales, London, 126 Great Towns, and 148 Smaller Towns and BARKING.)
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still-births. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under one year. | |
| England and Wales | 15.1 | 0.60 | 11.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 5.5 | 53 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 15.0 | 0.65 | 11.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 7.8 | 57 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (Estimated resident populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 15.4 | 0.60 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 3.6 | 51 |
| London | 13.4 | 0.48 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 13.1 | 57 |
| BARKING | 14.49 | 0.63 | 7.1 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 5.4 | 39.5 |
Puerperal Sepsis.
Others.
Total.
The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows :
per 1,000 Live Births
0.89
2.19
3.08
„ ,, Total Births
0.86
2.11
2.97