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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OP MORTALITY, 1940.
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Annual Di^ath Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Para - typhoid Fevers. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet-Fever | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria. . | Influenza. | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years.) | Total Deaths under 1 year | |
| England and Wales | 14.6 | 0.55 | 14.3 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 4.6 | 53 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London. | 16.0 | 0.64 | 15.8 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.29 | 5.9 | 61 |
| 143 Smaller Terms (estimated residant populations 25,000 - 50,000 at census 1931.) | 15.7 | 0.55 | 12.8 | 0.00 | - | 0.02 | . 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.30 ' | 4.4 | 54 |
| London - Administrative -County. | 13.7 | 0.44 | 17.8 | 0.00 | . _ | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 5.8 | 50 |
| EAST HAM | 14.29 | 0.32 ' | 16.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.03 | 0.03 | 3.1 | 41 | |
A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths.