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East Ham 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: STATISTICAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

STATISTICAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.

Area (in statute acres) land and inland water3,324
Population. Census - 1931142,394
Estimated Civilian Population - 194180,130
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1941 according to rate books. (Including tenements and shops.)Approx,29,000
Rateable value at 31st December, 1941£719,416
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1941/42£2,552
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
For Birth Rate,For Infant & Maternal Mortality.
TotalMales_FemalesMalesFemalesTotal
Live (Legitimate1,210650560468410878
Births. (Illegitimate573126272552
Still Births381622121729
DeathsTotal: 1,296Males, 673.Females, 623.
Deaths from Puerperal causes:-Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Total (Live & still births.)
Puerperal Sepsis--
Other Puerperal causes11.04
11.04
Death rate of infants under one year of ages-
All infants per 1,000 live births46
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births45
Illegitimate " " " illegitimate"58
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)179
Deaths from Measles(all ages)3
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)6
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)2

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Still Births.
Still births registered numbered 38 compared with 35 for 1940.
The rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births was 29.1, the
figure for the previous year being 21.7.
Births.
The number of live births registered was 1,267 compared with
1,572 for the year 1940, equivalent to a birth rate of 15.81 per
1,000 of the Registrar General's estimated population. The rate
for 1940 was 14.29.
3.