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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 1944

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

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7
STILL BIRTHS.
Still births registered numbered 45 compared with 50 for 1943.
The rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births was 23.04, the figure
for the previous year being 26.1.
BIRTHS.
The number of live births registered was 1,908, compared with
1,865 for the year 1943, equivalent to a birth rate of 20.9 per 1,000
of the Registrar-General's estimated population. The rate for 1943
was 20.09.

Table: BIRTH RATES IN TWO WAR PERIODS.

BIRTH RATES IN TWO WAR PERIODS.

191419151916191719181919
England and Wales23.821.821.017.817.718.5
East Ham23.523.120.718.015.316.2
193919401941194219431944
England and Wales14.914.614.215.816.517.6
East Ham. 14.414.2915.8117.420.0920.9

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The 1944 rate for England and Wales was the highest recorded
since 1925, whereas that for East Ham was the highest recorded since
1922 (21.0).
DEATHS.
During the year the number of East Ham civilian residents dying
was 1,316. This figure is equal to a death rate of 14.4 per 1,000 of
the Registrar-General's estimated population. For the previous
year the rate was 13.27.

Table: DEATH RATES IN TWO WAR PERIODS.

DEATH RATES IN TWO WAR PERIODS.

191419151916191719181919
England and Wales13.614.814.414.417.613.8
East Ham10.411.711.012.415.19.8
193919401941194219431944
England and Wales12.114.312.911.612.111.6
East Ham11.416.216.114.0913.2714.4

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It will be noted that of the 1,316 deaths, 700, or 53 per cent.
occurred in the age-group 65 years and upwards, and 314 of the total
deaths or 23 per cent. died from heart disease. Cancer was the
cause of 203 or 15 per cent. of the deaths.