[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham] page 11

East Ham 1945

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

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Table: If the deaths due to this cause are deducted from the total deaths a true conception is obtained of the death rates from natural causes during the war and the following information is therefore given:—

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If the deaths due to this cause are deducted from the total deaths a true conception is obtained of the death rates from natural causes during the war and the following information is therefore given:—

Year	Total No. of deaths	No. of deaths due to enemy action	Nett deaths	Total death rate	Nett death rate
1939	1,400	—	1,400	11.4	11.4
1940	1,684	215	1.469	16.2	13.6
1941	1,296	167	1,129	16.1	13.9
1942	1,157	1	1,156	14.09	14.09
1943	1,232	10	1,222	13.27	13.1
1944	1,316	124	1,192	14.4	13.08
1945	1,235	50	1.185	12.9	12.4

Table: If the deaths due to this cause are deducted from the total deaths a true conception is obtained of the death rates from natural causes during the war and the following information is therefore given:—

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	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
England & Wales	12.1	14.3	12.9	11.6	12.1	11.6	11.4
East Ham	11.4	16.2	16.1	14.09	13.27	14.4	12.9

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Infantile Mortality.
Deaths of infants under one year numbered 63—equivalent
to an infant mortality of 36 per thousand live births—compared
with a rate of 31 for Ihe previous year. The rate for England
and Wales was 46.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children was 4 out of a
total of 105 illegitimate births, giving a mortality rate of 38 as
compared with a figure of 48 per 1,000 illegitimate live births for
the year 1944-

Table: Infantile mortality rates since 1939 are as follows:—

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Infantile mortality rates since 1939 are as follows:—

	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
East Ham	41	41	46	54	48	31	36
England & Wales	5°	55	59	49	49	46	46

Table: Illegitimate births and the illegitimate mortality rates since 1939 are tabulated below:—

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Illegitimate births and the illegitimate mortality rates since 1939 are tabulated below:—

	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
No. of illegitimate births	41	45	57	66	71	82	105
Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate live births	48	111	58	29	56	48	38

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Neo=Natal Mortality.
Children dying under the age of one month totalled 34, equal
to a neo-natal mortality of 19.5 .per 1,000 live births.

Table: These rates from 1939 are indicated below:—

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These rates from 1939 are indicated below:—

1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945
21.1	21.6	20.5	35.4	23.5	17.3	19.5

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East Ham 1945

Table: If the deaths due to this cause are deducted from the total deaths a true conception is obtained of the death rates from natural causes during the war and the following information is therefore given:—

Table: If the deaths due to this cause are deducted from the total deaths a true conception is obtained of the death rates from natural causes during the war and the following information is therefore given:—

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Table: Infantile mortality rates since 1939 are as follows:—

Table: Illegitimate births and the illegitimate mortality rates since 1939 are tabulated below:—

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Table: These rates from 1939 are indicated below:—