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East Ham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 41.
In the following Table a comparison of the Vital Statistics relating to certain County Boroughs of a Population between 100,000 and 200,000 is shewn:—
| East Ham | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Bolton | Bournemouth | Derby | Dundee | Hudders. field | Middlesbrough | Norwich | Oldham | | Preston | Southampton | Southend. on.Sea | Stockport | Sunderland | Walsall | Wolverhampton | York | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population as estimated by Registrar General, Middle 1938 | 129,500 | 144,400 | 113,000 | 169,400 | 122,100 | 139,000 | 177,962 | 125,630 | 139,800 | 122,300 | 126,100 | 113,200 | 180,100 | 138,100 | 134.S00 | 182,400 | 107,300 | 1 145,300 | 100,800 | ||
| Comparability Factor | 1.10 | 1.09 | 1.03 | 1.09 | 0.75 | 1.04 | 1 | 1.03 | 1.18 | 0.92 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 0.99 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 1.12 | 1.12 | I 1.08 | 101 | ||
| Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 14 1 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 13.5 | 11.17 | 14.2 | 17.6 | 14.13 | 19.77 | 13.07 | 13.3 | 15.60 | 16.57 | 10.84 | 14.35 | 19.19 | 18.62 | | 16.9 | 15.5 | ||
| Crude Death Rate do. do. | 10 6 | 12.1 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 13.98 | 11.6 | 14.40 | 13.12 | 12.3 | 11.98 | 14.4 | 13.01 | 11.86 | 12.48 | 13.03 | 12.75 | 10.99 | 11.3 | 10.6 | ||
| Death Rate as adjusted by Factor | 11.6 | 13.1 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 10.485 | 12.1 | 14.40 | 13.51 | 14.73 | 11.02 | 16.13 | 14.44 | 11 .74 | 11 .35 | 13.68 | 14.28 | 12.30 | 12.2 | 10.7 | ||
| Death Rates per 1,000 population from:— | Smallpox | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0000 | — | - | — | |
| Measles | 0.03 | 0.20 | — | 0.05 | 0.00 82 | 0.014 | 0.40 | — | 0.01 1 | 0.033 | 0.063 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.029 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | — | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | — | 0.007 | 0.04 | - | 0.01 | — | 0.016 | — | — | 0.007 | 0.01 | 0.03 | — | - | 0.02 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 0 02 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.0163 | — | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.033 | 0.008 | 0.009 | 0.01 | — | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.06 | — | ||
| Diphtheria | 0 07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.0245 | 0.043 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.08 ; | 0.074 | 0.095 | 0.053 | 0.03 | 0.029 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | ||
| Typhoid and Para.Typhoid | 0 007 | 0.00 | 0.00 | - | 0.008 2 | 0.014 | 0.02 | — | 0.00071 | — | — | — | 0.005 | 0.021 | 0.01 | 0.005 | - | 0.01 | — | ||
| Diarrhoea under 2 years | 0 06 | 0.20 | 2.88 | 0.01 | 0.0327 | 0.094 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.17 | 0.041 | 0.048 | 0.035 | 0.055 | 0.051 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Influenza | 0 07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.072 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.057 | 0.151 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.072 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.10 | ||
| Tuberculosis—Pulmonary | 0 62 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.44 | 0.434 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.42 | 0.94 | 0.51 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.77 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.51 | ||
| do. Other Forpis | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.114 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.049 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.076 | 0.042 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.11 | ||
| Infantile Mortality Rate | 51 | 75 | 67 | 44 | 44.72 | 61.3 | 77 | 66 | 75 | 35.04 | 61.27 | 71 | 50.6 | 34 | 56.36 | 67 | 64.6 | 55 | 43.5 | ||
| Maternal Mortality per 1,000 Total Births. | From Sepsis | 0 32 | 0.78 | 0.68 | 1.65 | 0.70 | — | 4.2 | 2.70 | 2.08 | 1.21 | 2.28 | 1.70 | 1.00 | 0.000 | — | 0.82 | 0.97 | 1.57 | 1.86 | |
| ,, Other Causes | 1.57 | 1.16 | 3.41 | 4.55 | 0.70 | 0.97 | 2.56 | 1.62 | 2.08 | | 1.81 | — | — | 1.34 | 2.567 | 2 94 | 3.03 | 1.93 | 1.96 | — | ||
| Total | 2.09 | 1.94 | 4 .09 | 6.20 | 1.41 | 0.97 | 5.76 | 4.32 | 4.16 | 3.02 | 2.28 | 1.70 | 2.34 | 2.567 | 2.94 | 3.86 | 2.90 | 3.53 | 1.86 | ||