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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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7.
STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA
| 1956 | 1967 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCIAL. | |||||||
| Area (in statute acres) land and water .. | 3,324 | 3,324 | |||||
| Population. Census - April 1961 | 120,873 | 120,873 | |||||
| Estimated civilian population - Mid. year | 114,400 | 112,700 | |||||
| Number of inhabited houses (end of year according to rate books) (including tenements and shops but excluding factories, cinemas, government properties corporation properties (offices and works), utility undertakings and other miscellaneous herlditaments not actually occupied as dwellings) | 31,937 | 31,966 | |||||
| Rateable value at 31st December | £1,520,437 | £1,424,851 | |||||
| Sum represented by a penny rate for the year | £6,184 | £6,447 | |||||
| EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS | 1950 | 1957 | |||||
| M | F | T | M | F | T | ||
| Live Births | Legitimate | 708 | 637 | 1.345 | 712 | 681 | 1,393 |
| Illegitimate | 19 | 29 | 48 | 36 | 18 | 64 | |
| Totals | 727 | 666 | 1,393 | 748 | 699 | 1,447 | |
| Still Births | Legitimate | 10 | 13 | 31 | 22 | 17 | 39 |
| Illegitimate | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Totals | 18 | 15 | 33 | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 12.1 | 12.8 | |||||
| Still Birth Rate per 1,000 population | 0.28 | 0.37 | |||||
| Still Birth Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births | 23.1 | 28.2 | |||||
| Deaths | Males | 634 | 665 | ||||
| Females | 546 | 581 | |||||
| Total | 1,180 | 1,246 | |||||
| Death Rate per 1,000 population | 10.3 | 11.0 | |||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 245 | 267 | |||||
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births | ||||||
| Deaths from Puerperal Causes | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | |||
| Puerperal Sepsis | _ | - | - | - | |||
| Other Maternal Causes | - | 1 | - | 0.67 | |||
| Total | NIL | 1 | 0.07 | ||||
| Death Rates of infants under one year of ages- | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 22.9 | 15.8 | |||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.3 | 15.6 | |||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live birts | 41.6 | 0.00 | |||||