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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 1.—Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality, 1931.
| Rate per 1,000 Total Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still.Births. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small.pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. | Uncertified Causes of Death. | |
| England & Wales | 15.8 | 0.67 | 12.3 | 001 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 001 | 006 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 60 | 66 | 91 18 | 6.17 | 1 . 70 | 0.95 |
| 107 County Boroughs & Great towns including London | 16.0 | 0.67 | 12 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 001 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 8.4 | 71 | 91.43 | 5.84 | 2.24 | 0.49 |
| 159 smaller towns (1921 adjusted populations, 20,000.50,000) | 15.6 | 0.73 | 11.3 | 0.00 | 000 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 005 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 40 | 62 | 92 .17 | 5.49 | 1.25 | 1.09 |
| London | 15 0 | 0.50 | 12.4 | 0.01 | 000 | 003 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.57 | 9.7 | 65 | 89.52 | 6.23 | 4.24 | 0.01 |
| East Ham | 14.3 | 0.50 | 10.6 0.00 | 0.00 | 000 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 017 | 0.49 | 5.3 | 59 | 92.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 0.00 | |
TABLE 2.—Births in Wards.
| Wards. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Park. | Little Ilford. | Wood. grange. | Plashet. | Kensington. | Castle. | Central. | Wall End. | Greatiield. | South. | |
| 190 | 281 | 175 | 196 | 156 | 170 | 204 | 264 | 177 | 232 | 2,045 |