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East Ham 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 3.—BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1947.
| Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Civilian Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Total Deaths under one year. | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). | |
| England and Wales | ‡20.5 | ‡0.50 | ‡12.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.01 | †141 | 5.8 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London | 23.2 | 0.62 | 13.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 47 | 8.0 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) | 22.2 | 0.54 | 11.9 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 36 | 3.7 |
| London—Administrative County | 22.7 | 0.49 | 12.8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.08 | - | 0.01 | 37 | 4.8 |
| East Ham | 23.8 | 0.51 | 11.79 | - | - | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.10 | - | - | 30 | 3.1 |
‡ Per 1,000 related births.
A dash (—) signifies that there were no deaths.
‡ Rates per 1,000 total population.
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