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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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4. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1927 TO 1938.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. Nett. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Net Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Of Nonresidents registered in the District. 7 | Of Residents registered out of the District. 8 | Under One year of age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||
| Number. 3 | Rate. 4 | Number. 5 | Rate. 6 | Number. 9 | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. 10 | Number. 11 | Rate. 12 | ||||
| 1927 | 39,900 | 710 | 17.7 | 251 | 6.2 | 7 | 162 | 47 | 66.1 | 406 | 10.1 |
| 1928 | 40,870 | 805 | 19.7 | 276 | 6.7 | 6 | 144 | 51 | 63.3 | 414 | 10.1 |
| 1929 | 42,160 | 787 | 18.7 | 291 | 6.9 | 8 | 152 | 42 | 53.4 | 435 | 10.3 |
| 1930 | 45,000 | 799 | 17.7 | 256 | 5.7 | 7 | 186 | 49 | 61.3 | 435 | 9.7 |
| 1931 | 51,830 | 947 | 18.3 | 328 | 6.3 | 7 | 215 | 61 | 64.4 | 536 | 10.3 |
| 1932 | 60,330 | 1105 | 18.3 | 283 | 4.7 | 17 | 239 | 59 | 53.4 | 505 | 8.4 |
| 1933 | 68,840 | 1204 | 17.4 | 290 | 4.2 | 13 | 247 | 67 | 55.6 | 524 | 7.6 |
| 1934 | 72,290 | 1252 | 17.4 | 311 | 4.3 | 9 | 288 | 71 | 56.7 | 590 | 8.2 |
| 1935 | 72,650 | 1226 | 16.9 | 270 | 3.7 | 13 | 301 | 64 | 52.2 | 558 | 7.7 |
| 1936 | 76,000 | 1195 | 15.72 | 313 | 4.1 | 13 | 308 | 67 | 56.07 | 608 | 8.0 |
| 1937 | 76,470 | 1133 | 14.82 | 302 | 3.9 | 8 | 306 | 61 | 53.8 | 600 | 7.8 |
| 1938 | 76,790 | 1113 | 14.49 | 290 | 3.8 | 9 | 267 | 44 | 39.5 | 548 | 7.1 |