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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 2. - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1953.
| Rate per 1,000 Population | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | typho1d and Para-Typhoid Fevers | Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Smallpox | Tuberculosis | Total Deaths under one year | Deaths from Dfcrrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years) | |
| England and Wales | 15.5 | 0.35 | 11.4 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.55 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 26.8 | 1.1 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns, Including London | 17.0 | 0.43 | 12.2 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.59 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 30.8 | 1.3 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (resident populations 25,000 to 50.000 at Census, 1951). | 15.7 | 0.34 | 11.3 | — | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 24.3 | 0.9 |
| London - Administrative County | 17.5 | 0.38 | 12.5 | — | 0.01 | 0.64 | 0.00 | — | 0.15 | — | 0.24 | 24.8 | 1.1 |
| EAST HAM | 12.8 | 0.25 | 9.7 | — | — | 0.54 | — | — | 0.12 | — | 0.18 | 28.5 | — |
A dash (—) signifies there were no deaths