Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Year | Barking | England & Wales | Year | Barking | England & Wales |
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(Deaths per 1,000 live births) | (Deaths per 1,000 live births) | ||||
1896 | 148.9 | 148 | 1930 | 61.3 | 60 |
1897 | 178 | 156 | 1931 | 64.4 | 66 |
1898 | 178 | 161 | 1932 | 53.4 | 65 |
1899 | 172 | 163 | 1933 | 55.6 | 64 |
1900 | 203 | 154 | 1934 | 56.7 | 59 |
1901 | 198 | 151 | 1935 | 52.2 | 57 |
1902 | 134 | 133 | 1936 | 56.07 | 59 |
1903 | 113 | 132 | 1937 | 53.8 | 58 |
1904 | 143 | 145 | 1938 | 39.5 | 53 |
1905 | 142 | 128 | 1939 | 33.91 | 50 |
1906 | 162 | 132 | 1940 | 32.98 | 56 |
1907 | 112 | 118 | 1941 | 36.3 | 60 |
1908 | 110 | 120 | 1942 | 35.68 | 49 |
1909 | 107 | 109 | 1943 | 37.2 | 49 |
1910 | 97.7 | 105 | 1944 | 28.35 | 46 |
1911 | 157.0 | 130 | 1945 | 38.56 | 46 |
1912 | 95.1 | 95 | 1946 | 32.79 | 43 |
1913 | 113.3 | 108 | 1947 | 31.35 | 41 |
1914 | 106.4 | 105 | 1948 | 20.53 | 34 |
1915 | 115.0 | 110 | 1949 | 24.8 | 32 |
1916 | 75.0 | 91 | 1950 | 27.0 | 30 |
1917 | 117.4 | 97 | 1951 | 15.49 | 30 |
1918 | 82.4 | 97 | 1952 | 21.66 | 28 |
1919 | 65.0 | 89 | 1953 | 24.77 | 27 |
1920 | 83.0 | 80 | 1954 | 20.04 | 25 |
1921 | 74.1 | 83 | 1955 | 24.49 | 25 |
1922 | 55.5 | 77 | 1956 | 19.59 | 24 |
1923 | 49.8 | 69 | 1957 | 18.55 | 23 |
1924 | 85.1 | 75 | 1958 | 18.54 | 23 |
1925 | 80 | 75 | 1959 | 28.95 | 22 |
1926 | 59.9 | 70 | 1960 | 18.07 | 21.9 |
1927 | 66.1 | 69 | 1961 | 17.3 | 21.4 |
1928 | 63.3 | 65 | 1962 | 4.82 | 20.7 |
1929 | 53.4 | 74 |
Perhaps the following pictorial representation illustrates more graphically the
decline in infant mortality.
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