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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 2„ - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1951.
| Rate per 1,000 Population | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Smallpox | Tuberculosis | Total Deaths under one year | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.36 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 29.6 | 1.4 |
| 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, Including London | 17.3 | 0.45 | 13.4 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.65 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 33.9 | 1.6 |
| 148 Smaller Towns (resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931 | 16.7 | 0.38 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 27.6 | 1.0 |
| London - Administrative County | 17.8 | 0.37 | 13.1 | - | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.23 | - | 0.38 | 26.4 | 0.7 |
| 13.6 | 0.29 | 12.2 | - | - | 0.58 | 0.00 | - | 0.22 | - | 0.29 | 18.4 | - | |
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A dash (-) signifies there were no deaths.