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East Ham 1930

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

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.

Total.Males.Females.
Live BirthsLegitimate2,2121,1331,079Birth Rate 15.3
Illegitimate522626
Still Births80.Rate per 1,000 total births, 34.

Deaths: Total 1,452. Males 772 ; Females 680. Death Rate 9.8.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth :
from sepsis, 4 ; other causes, 4.
Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live
births : legitimate, 48; illegitimate, 96 ; total, 49.
Deaths from Measles (all ages), 14.
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages), 8.
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age), 12.

Any Unusual or Excessive Mortality during the Year.

The total deaths for the five years ending 1930, show no marked or unusual increase, the numbers being as follows :—

19261,410
19271,433
19281,461
19291,638
19301,452

The increase in the 1929 figures was due to the epidemic of
influenza, which affected also- the deaths from other chest diseases.
Cancer, Heart Diseases and Respiratory Diseases continue to
account for over 50 per cent, of the total deaths. The mortality
from Heart Disease has increased nearly 70 per cent. since 1926,
and is now responsible for more deaths than any other single
cause—the deaths from respiratory diseases, which include tuberculosis
of the lungs, bronchitis, pneumonia, etc., for 1930, number
308—while those for heart disease number 299. The following

The following table gives the deaths from this cause for the past five years :—

1926177Percentage of total deaths 12.5
1927220Percentage of total deaths 15.3
1928271Percentage of total deaths 18.5
1929322Percentage of total deaths 19.6
1930299Percentage of total deaths 20.5