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Barking 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
(1) GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,174
Population (1.931 Census) 51,277
Population (Year 1940) (Registrar-
General's Estimate) 66,290
Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1941,
according to Rate Books:-
Houses 18,765
Shops 1,029
Total 19,794
Rateable Value - General £749,503 0 0
Sura represented by a penny rate £3,049 0 0
General Rate l6s. 0d.
(2) VITAL STATISTICS.
(Based on Annual Returns and Statistics received
from the Registrar General).
Deaths 666
Death Rate 10.05
Live Births (•(B.R.) - for calculating Birth 1,104
Rates).
Birth Rate 16.65
Still Births 35
Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Births 30.73
Live Births ( (I.M. &c.) - for calculating
Infant & Maternal Mortalities) 1,061
Number of Deaths of Infants under one year
of age 35
Infantile Death Rate 32.98
Number of Maternal Deaths U
Maternal Mortality Rate 3.65
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