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Deaths.
The number of deaths was 1,383 as compared with 1,422 for
the year 1937. The death rate was 10.6 or 0.2 less than that
of the previous year. Of the total deaths 789 or 56.1 per cent,
died in institutions.
The number of residents who died outside the area and whose
deaths were assigned to this Borough was 676. Seventy- 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 (1937—11.8). 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 percentage of total deaths in the various age groups was
as follows :—
Under 1-2 2-5 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 75 Years
Year Years Years Years Years Years Years Years Years Years and upwards
6.8 0.6 1.0 1.2 3.5 4.3 6.0 8.8 16.8 24.3 26.5
Infantile Mortality.
Deaths of infants under one year of age numbered 94—equivalent
to an infant mortality rate of 51 per thousand live births—
compared with the rate of 48 for the previous year. The rate for
England and Wales was 53.
Four deaths of illegitimate children occurred out of a total of
56 illegitimate births, giving a mortality rate of 71 as compared
with a figure of 80 per 1,000 illegitimate live births for the year
1937.
Neo Natal Mortality.
This rate is obtained by estimating the deaths of infants under
one month per 1,000 live births.
The neo-natal mortality rates for the past five years are as
follows :—
1934—22.5, 1935—23.4, 1936—21.7, 1937—25.6, 1938-22.9.