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East Ham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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COMPARATIVE INFANT MORTALITY RATE—YEAR 1927.
| Birth-rate per 1,000 total population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 yrs.) | Total deaths under 1 year | ||
| England and Wales | 167 | 6.3 | 69 |
| 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns (including London) | 17.1 | 8.3 | 71 |
| 155 Smaller Towns (1921 adjusted populations, 20,000—50,000) | 16.4 | 5.0 | 68 |
| London | 16.1 | 7.5 | 59 |
| EAST HAM | 15.8 | 3.4 | 53 |
The comparative Infant Mortality Rate for the year 1927
shows that East Ham continues to be greatly more healthy than
England as a whole, and more healthy than London. The total
deaths under one year per 1,000 registered births in England and
Wales were 69; in London the figure was 59; in East Ham only
53 infants under one year of age per 1,000 births died in 11927.
The comparative rate for Diarrhoea and Enteritis in young children
is also very favourable, being 3'4 per 1,000 births in East Ham, as
compared with 6'3 in England and Wales, and 7.5 in London.
Inspection of Midwives.
The Assistant Medical Officer of Maternity and Child Welfare
is also Inspector of Midwives under the Borough Council, and in
that capacity maintains a general supervision over the work of all
midwives practising in East Ham, under the requirements of the
Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918, and the Midwives and Maternity
Homes Act, 1926.
Forty-one midwives notified their intention to practise in the
Borough during 1927. Of these, 24 worked in connection with
the Maternity 'Charity and District Nurses' Home, Plaistow, and
its branches; 6 at the Sir Henry Tate Nurses' Home, Silvertown;
1 at the Kelvingrove Nursing Home; and 10 practised independently.
Forty-four visits of inspection were made by the Inspecting
Medical Officer during the year.