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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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The following table gives comparative infant mortality rates for the past 20 years:—
COMPARATIVE INFANT MORTALITY RATES.
| Year. | Barking. | County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 59 | 73 | 70 |
| 1927 | 66.1 | 71 | 69 |
| 1928 | 63.3 | 70 | 65 |
| 1929 | 53.4 | 79 | 74 |
| 1930 | 61.3 | 64 | 60 |
| 1931 | 64.4 | 71 | 66 |
| 1932 | 53.4 | 69 | 65 |
| 1933 | 55.6 | 67 | 64 |
| 1934 | 56.7 | 63 | 59 |
| 1935 | 52.2 | 62 | 57 |
| 1936 | 56.07 | 63 | 59 |
| 1937 | 53.8 | 62 | 58 |
| 1938 | 39.5 | 57 | 53 |
| 1939 | 33.91 | 53 | 50 |
| 1940 | 32.98 | 61 | 56 |
| 1941 | 36.3 | 71 | 60 |
| 1942 | 35.68 | 59 | 49 |
| 1943 | 37.2 | 58 | 49 |
| 1944 | 28.35 | 52 | 46 |
| 1945 | 38.56 | 54 | 46 |
(c) Maternal Mortality.
Four Barking women died owing to or in consequence
of pregnancy or childbirth during 1945. There
was one such death in the year 1944.
The Maternal Mortality Rate for
1945 is 3.3.
This rate is the ratio between the number of births
and the number of women who died in childbirth,
expressed as “so many” per thousand.