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East Ham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
SOCIAL.
Area (in statute acres) land and water 3,324
Population. Census - April 1951 120,873
Estimated civilian population - Mid. 1952 120,000
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1952 according
to rate books) (including tenements and shops) 33,918 +
Rateable value at 31st December, 1952 £771,810
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1952/3 £3,l82
+ Excludes factories, cinemas, government properties, corporation
properties (offices and works), utility undertakings and other
miscellaneous heriditaments not actually occupied as dwellings.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
| Males | Females | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate Illegitimate | 822 | 736 | l,558 | ||
| 27 | 24 | 51 | ||||
| Still Births | Legitimate | 18 | 10 | 28 | ||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Deaths - | Males | 723. | Female | s 607. | Total | 1,330 |
| Deaths from Puerperal causes:- | ||||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | - | — | ||||
| Other Maternal Causes | 2 | 1.22 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 1.22 | ||||
Deaths of infants under one year of age:-
All infants per 1,000 live births 22.9
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 23.1
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 19.6
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 249