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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1943.
| Rate per 1000 Civilian Population. | Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | " All Causes | Typhoid and Para-typhoid Fevers. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Influenza. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Total Deaths under 1 year | Deaths from Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years.) | |
| England and Wales | 16.5 | 0.51 | 12.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.37 | - | 0.02 | 49+ | 5.3 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. | 18.6 | 0.63 | 14.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.36 | — | 0.02 | 58 | 7.8 |
| 146 Smaller Towns(residentpopulations 25,000-50,000 at Census, 1931.) | 19.4 | 0.81 | 12.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.37 | — | 0.02 | 46 | 4.4 |
| London- Administrative County. | 15.8 | 0.45 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.27 | — | 0.02 | 58 | 10.4 |
| EAST HAM | 20.09 | 0.53 | 13.27 | — | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | 0.29 | — | 0.01 | 48 | 5.8 |
| † Per 1,000 related births A dash (-) signifies that there were no deaths. | ||||||||||||