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East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 2 - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1956
| Live Births per 1,000 Population | Still Births per 1,000 Total (Live and Still Births) | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population | Deaths of infants under one year (Rate per 1,000 Live Births | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Malignant Neoplasm Lung and Bronchus | Acute Pollonyelitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Coronary Disease, Angina Pectoris | Tuberculosis (All Forms) | ||||
| England and Males | 15.6 | 22.9 | 11.7 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.67 | 0.12 | 23.8 |
| Great Towns | 15.6 | 23.0 | 11.6 | 0.47 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.68 | 0.14 | 24.0 |
| Smaller Towns | 15.6 | 22.7 | 11.6 | 0.39 | 0.00. | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 1.71 | 0.11 | 24.1 |
| London - Administrative County | 15.9 | 20.2 | 11.7 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 1.70 | 0.14 | 21.4 |
| EAST HAM | 11.7 | 23.1 | 11.5 | 0.45 | 0.55 | - | - | 0.01 | 1.46 | 0.11 | 22.9 | |
A dash (-) signifies there were no deaths
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