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Barking 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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5
THE
Annual Report
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE URBAN
DISTRICT OF BARKING TOWN,
For the Year Ended December 31st, 1908.
To the Chairman and Members of the Barking Town Urban
District Council.
Gentlemen,
The population of the Urban District of Barking Town,
estimated up to the middle of 1908, was 30,000 persons. This
number, compared with the population as given by the census of
1901, shews an increase of 8,473 persons.
The number of inhabited houses at the end of 1908 was 5,380
and the number of empties 203, leaving the nett number of
inhabited houses as 5,177.
The number of inhabited houses in March, 1901 (census), was
3,851, which shews therefore an increase of 1,326 houses.