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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

East Ham 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: The following table gives the number of Births and the Rate of Infantile mortality for each quarter of the year for the past five years:—

The following table gives the number of Births and the Rate of Infantile mortality for each quarter of the year for the past five years:—

YEAR.PERIOD.NUMBER OF BIRTHS.INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE.
1903January—March984104
April—June97387
July—September946118
October—December895139
1904January—March890121
April—June97490
July—September901277
October—December938134
1905January—March1001107
April—June94783
July—September871181
October—December852133
1906 1907January—March93588
April—June96373
July—September877222
October—December854114
January—March941136
April—June939103
July—September87976
October—December931113

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In the above table the years in which the weather was hot and dry during
the third quarter, are easily recognised by the sudden and heavy rise in the
rate of Infant Mortality. This increase, as stated, being due to Epidemic or
Summer Diarrhoea, which under these conditions becomes very prevalent.