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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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1958 74,850
1959 74,980
1960 74,920
1961 72,290
1962 72,440
Births
During 1962 there were registered 1,037 live births. This is an increase of 112
over the live births in the previous year and is in accordance with the national
trend of a rising birth rate.
With regard to the stillbirth figure of 17, this shows a decrease from the previous year's figure of 26.
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | |||
| Legitimate | 488 | 493 | 981 |
| Illegitimate | 28 | 28 | 56 |
| Totals | S16 | 521 | 1,037 |
| Still-Births:- | |||
| Legitimate | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Illegitimate | 1 | - | 1 |
| Totals | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Total live and still-births | 525 | 529 | 1,054 |
Birth rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population - 14.315
Birth rate adjusted by Comparability Factor of 0.95- 13.60
Still-birth rate per 1,000 (live and still) births - 16.13
I regret to say that the proportion of Illegitimate live births has
increased from 4, 75% in 1961 to 5.4% this year.
Maternal Mortality
I am happy to report there is no record of a maternal death in 1962.
Loss of Infant Life
The infant death rate in 1962 was 4.82 as compared with 7.3 for 1961. This
is the lowest infant death rate yet recorded for Barking.
With this fact in mind, I delved into our archives and found our figures go back
to 1896. They are so interesting I thought you would like to see them in toto:-
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