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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Table: GENERAL SUMMARY OF HEALTH STATISTICS.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF HEALTH STATISTICS.

19081907.Average for Ten years 1898—1907.
The Birth Rate30.829.434.1
The Death Rate12.410.814.5
Zymotic Death Rate2.11.22.5†
Zymotic Case Rate8.27.98.8†
Marriage Rate10.89.8
Infantile Mortality Rate117112155*
Infectious cases treated in Hospital198190163
*Per 1000 Births registered.
†Average for 5 years only.