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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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GENERAL STATISTICS, 1949.
Area (in acres) 4,174
Population (1931 Census) 51,277
Population (June,1949) (Registrar-General's Estimate):-
Civilian 79,460
+ Total 79,530
+Including non-civilians stationed in the area.
EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS.1949.
BIRTHS.
Live Births- Total Males Females
Legitimate 1,288 676 612
Illegitimate 40 21 19
Totals 1,328 697 631
Still-Births
Legitimate 23 14 9
Illegitimate 1 1
Totals 24 14 10
Live and Still-Births 1,352 711 641
Live Birth Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 16.7
Still-Birth rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births 17.0
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