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Barking 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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SECTION A.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
1. Births.
The number of live births during the year 1943
shows an increase over the previous year. There were
1,236 live births compared with 1,205 in 1942. There
were 36 still births,—the figure for the previous year
being twenty-nine.
2. Deaths.
(a) General.
Three hundred and sixteen deaths were registered
in Barking and the number in the year 1942 was
263—of these deaths eight were of non-residents
compared with seven in the year 1942 and Barking
residents who died elsewhere numbered 325 (310 in
1942). Taking into account residents who died
elsewhere and excluding the deaths of visitors we get
a net figure of:—
Males.
359
Females.
274
Total.
633