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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 3. - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1954
| Rate per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population | Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Still Births | All Causes | Malignant Neoplasm Lung and Bronchus | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Coronary Disease, Angina Pectoris | Tuberculosis (All Forms) | Deaths of Infants under one year | |
| England and Wales | 15.2 | 23.5 | 11.3 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.51 | 0.18 | 25.5 |
| Great Towns | 15.2 | 23.3 | 11.1 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 1.52 | 0.20 | 25.2 |
| Smaller Towns | 14.9 | 24.0 | 11.3 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.52 | 0.18 | 26.6 |
| London - Administrative County .. | 15.2 | 19.8 | 10.7 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.00 | —- | 0„ 02 | 1.50 | 0.20 | 20.7 |
| EAST HAM | 12.2 | 18.0 | 10.2 | 0.49 | — | 0.43 | — | —- | 0.02 | 1.74 | 0.10 | 19.6 |
A dash (-) signifies there were no deaths