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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
THAMES VIEW HOUSING ESTATE
Clinic Premises
Towards the end of the year, the Minister of Health approved in
principle the need for a Health Services Clinic on this Estate. The
Ministry of Health considered, however, that the accommodation in
the scheme put forward was too extensive and costly and suggested
that a revised scheme should be submitted using as a basis a sketch
plan prepared by them. This sketch plan shows a reduction of 1,000
sq. ft. of floor space as compared with the original scheme. At the
end of the year the Borough Architect was preparing revised plans.
General Practitioner Services
Throughout the year the Barking Medical Society was in
negotiation with the Executive Council for Essex and the Essex Local
Medical Committee trying to work out details for providing medical
services on the Estate.
MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Population
The population of Barking at mid-1955, according to the Registrar
General's estimate, was 75,990. This shows a further decrease from
the figure of 78, 170 at the 1951 Census.
Births

Birth Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 12.896.
Birth Rate adjusted by Comparability Factor of 0.93=11.99.
Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births 29.7.
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