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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Infantile Mortality.
The number of deaths of children under one year of age was
76, equal to an infantile mortality rate of 41 per 1,000 live
births (51 for 1938), the rate for England and Wales being 50
per 1,000 live births.
Neo-Natal Mortality.
Children dying under the age of one month totalled 39,equal
to a neo-natal mortality rate of 21.1 per 1,000 live births.
The rate for the previous year was 22.9.
Maternal Mortality.
Maternal deaths numbered 6, the rate for 1939 being 3.25 per 1,000 live births and 3.14 per 1,000 live and still births.
| Puerperal Sepsis | Other Causes. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales. | East Ham. | England & Wales | East Ham. | England & Wales | East Ham. | |
| Per 1,000 live births | 0.77 | 1.62 | 2.16 | 1.62 | 2.93 | 3.25 |
| Per l.,000 Total Births (live and still.) | 0.74 | 1.57 | 2.08 | 1.57 | 2.82 | 3.14 |
Population.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population for
1939 is 127,600 for the birth rate and 122,800 for the death
rate. His figure for the year 1938 was 129,500.
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