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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 1.—Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality, 1933.
| Rate per 1,000 Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still-Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers. | 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* | 14.4 | 0.62 | 12.3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 7.1 | 64 | 90.9 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| 118 County Boroughs & Great towns including London † | 14.4 | 0.67 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.49 | 9.4 | 67 | 91.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 132 smaller towns (estimated resident populations 25,000-50,000 at census 1931) † | 14.5 | 0.63 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 4.9 | 56 | 91.7 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| London * | 13.2 | 0.45 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 11.6 | 59 | 88.3 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| 13.7 | 0.44 | 10.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 0.54 | 6.7 | 45 | 88.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
| * Rates based on Estimated Population to middle of year 1933. † Rates based on Estimated Population to middle of year 1932. | |||||||||||||||||