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15
per cent, died in institutions. The number of residents who died
outside the area and whose deaths were assigned to the Borough
was 550. The number of deaths of persons non-resident in the
area was 64. The number of deaths in various age groups was as
follows :—
Under 1 year 1-5 years 5-15 years 15-25 years 25-35 years 35-45 years
M. F. M. * F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
29 19 4 6 3 3 9 8 18 9 27 20
45-55 years 55-65 years 65-75 years 75-85 vears 85-95 years 95 and over
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
63 44 126 91 199 168 186 198 44 67 — 1
The crude death rate was 11.0. The Registrar-General has
now again supplied an area comparability factor and that for East
Ham is 1.05. The corrected death rate is, therefore, the crude
death rate (11.0) multiplied by 1.05—11.55.
For the period 1945—1949 the death rates for England and
Wales and East Ham are compared :—
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
England and Wales
11.4
11.5
12.0
10.8
11.7
East Ham
12.9
10.6
11.79
9.67
11.55
Infantile Mortality.
Deaths of infants under one year numbered 48—equivalent
to an infant mortality rate of 24 per 1,000 live births, the rate
for the previous year was 26.
The rate for England and Wales for 1949 was 32.
The number of deaths of illegitimate children under one year
of age was two out of a total of 65 illegitimate live births, giving
a mortality rate of 30 as compared with a figure of 15 per 1,000
illegitimate live births for the year 1948.
The infantile mortality rates since 1945 are as follows :—
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
England and Wales
46
43
41
34
32
East Ham
36
30
30
26
24
Illegitimate births and mortality rates for the Borough since
1945 are tabulated below:—
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
No. of illegitimate births
105
108
102
65
65
Mortality rate per 1,000 illegitimate
live births
38
18
49
15
30