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East Ham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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The still-births registered numbered 64. The rate per 1,000
total (live and still) births was 32.0. For the previous year the
rate was 36.3.
Deaths.
The number of deaths was 1,421 as compared with 1,388 for
the year 1935. The death rate was 10.6, or 0.4 greater than that
of the previous year. Of the total deaths 765 or 53.8 per cent,
died in institutions.
The number of residents who died outside the area and whose
deaths were assigned to this Borough was 701. Eighty-five deaths
of non-residents occurred.
The standardised death rate, that is the rate adjusted to compare
with the crude death rate of the country as a whole, or with
the mortality of any local area, was 11.6 (1935—11.2). This
figure is arrived at by multiplying the crude death rate (10.6) by
an adjusting factor, that for East Ham being 1.10.
The live birth rates in the various Wards were as follows
| Manor Park | Little Ilford | Woodgrange ] | Plashet | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.4 | 17.2 | 12.1 | 14.3 | ||
| Kensington | Castle | Central | Wall End | Greatfield | South |
| 13,3 | 12.8 | 8.9 | 16.3 | 9.4 | 15.9 |
which appear to have had a prejudicial effect on Health
and any evidence, Statistical or otherwise, that unem
ployment has exercised any significant influence on the
Health or Physique of children or adults.
There are no conditions of sufficient importance upon which
to comment in this section.
Births.
The number of live births registered was 1,931 as compared
with 1,960 for the year 1935, equivalent to a birth rate of 14.4 per
1,000 of the population, similar to that of the previous year.