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Barking 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The Infant Mortality Rate for 1944 is 28.35.
The infant mortality rate is the ratio between the
number of births and the number of deaths under
one year. It is expressed as " so many " per thousand.
This rate for 1924 was 85.1
This rate for 1904 was 143
and the rate for the past five years is 33.99.
The factors influencing this rate are many, amongst
others:—
1. Education.
2. Nutrition.
3. Housing
4. Attention at birth:—
Total number of births 1,301
Upney 488
Midwives on District 454
Doctors on District 27
Radlett, etc. 250
Others (Class A) 5
Others (Class B) 77
1,301
5. Ante-Natal Supervision and Hospital
treatment:—
Births as above 1,301
Visits to expectant mothers 1,955
Visits to children under one
year 6,759
Total number of women
who attended Ante-Natal
Clinics 2,029