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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 2. - BIRTH RATE DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1955
| Live Birth rates per 1,000 population | Still Birth rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population | Total Deaths under one year (rate per 1,000 Live Births) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Malignant Neoplasm Lung and Bronchus | Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diptheria | Influenza | Coronary disease and Angina Pectoris | Tuberculosis (all forms) | ||||
| England and Wales | 15. 0 | 23.2 | 11.7 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 1.59 | 0.15 | 24.9 |
| 160 County Boroughs and Great Towns Including London | 14.9 | 23.2 | 11.6 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 0. 00 | 0. 06 | 1.60 | 0.17 | 25.1 |
| 160 Smaller Towns (resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at Census. 1951) | 14.9 | 23.3 | 11.6 | 0.37 | 0.00 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 1.60 | 0.13 | 25.2 |
| London-Administrative County | 15.1 | 20. 2 | 11.5 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 1.57 | 0.17 | 23.2 |
| EAST HAM | 11.8 | 27.6 | 10.4 | 0.57 | - | 0.53 | - | - | 0.05 | 1.51 | 0.12 | 24.2 |