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Barking 1944
[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 1944
shows an increase over the previous year. There were
1,270 live births compared with 1,236 in 1943. There
were 31 still births—the figure for the previous year
being thirty-six.
2. Deaths.
(a) General.
Three hundred and fifty-nine deaths were registered
in Barking and the number in the year 1943 was 316—
of these deaths nineteen were of non-residents compared
with eight in the year 1943 and Barking residents
who died elsewhere numbered 304 (325 in 1943).
Taking into account residents who died elsewhere and
excluding the deaths of visitors we get a net figure
of:—
Males. Females. Total.
360 284 644