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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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THE HEALTH OF BARKING
APPENDIX B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA.
NATURE OF ATTENDANCE AT CONFINEMENT (Compiled from Forms M.C.W. 96).
| 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | |||||||||
| No. | °/ /o | No. | 0/ /o | No. | 0/ /o | No. | °/ /o | No. | % | No. | % | No. | 0/ /o | No. | O/ /O | |
| DISTRICT :— | ||||||||||||||||
| Doctor and Midwife | 62 | 6.4 | 24 | 2-5 | 44 | 3-7 | 26 | 2.1 | 27 | 2.2 | 15 | i-3 | 49 | 3-1 | 46 | 2.6 |
| Midwife | 411 | 42.4 | 307 | 32.2 | 417 | 35-0 | 477 | 39-5 | 454 | 37-1 | 47i | 42.5 | 713 | 45-4 | 909 | 52.3 |
| INSTITUTIONAL | ||||||||||||||||
| Upney Hospital | 454 | 46.9 | 424 | 44-5 | 469 | 39-4 | 508 | 42.1 | 488 | 39-5 | 476 | 43.0 | 767 | 48.8 | 74i | 42.7 |
| Evacuated | 4i | 4-3 | 197 | 20.8 | 258 | 21.9 | 195 | 16.3 | 255 | 20.9 | 145 | 13.2 | 41 | 2.7 | 42 | 2.4 |
| Total | 495 | 51.2 | 621 | 65.3 | 728 | 61.3 | 703 | 58.4 | 743 | 60.7 | 621 | 56.2 | 808 | 5i-5 | 783 | 45.1 |
| TOTAL | 968 | 100.0 | 952 | 100.0 | 1,189 | 100.0 | 1,206 | 100.0 | 1,224 | 100.0 | 1,107 | 100.0 | 1.57° | 100.0 | 1.738 | 100.0 |
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