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Barking 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Population
The estimated population of Barking at each mid-year for the
past decade, as notified by the Registrar General, is given below:
1949 79,530
1950 79,260
1951 78,170 (Census)
1952 77,140
1953 76,800
1954 76,580
1955 75,990
1956 75,560
1957 75,070
1958 74,850
Births
917 live births and 23 still-births were registered during 1958
as under:—
Live Births:—
Males Females Total
Legitimate 462 420 88
Illegitimate 18 17 35
Totals 480 437 91
Still-Births:—
Legitimate 9 13 23
Illegitimate 1 -
Totals 10 13 23
Total Live and Still-Births 490 450 94
Birth Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 12.25.
Birth Rate adjusted by Comparability Factor of 0.94 11.5.
Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births 24.47.
Proportion of Illegitimate Live Births 3.8%.
Maternal Mortality
Again one maternal death occurred during the year. The de
ceased had adamantly refused to accept a hospital confinement but
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