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East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 3 - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1957
| 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 | Deaths of Infants under one year. (Rate per 1,000 Live Births) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Malignant Neoplasm Lung and Bronchus | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Coronary Disease, Angina Pectoris | Tuberculosis (All Forms) | ||||
| England and Wales | 16.1 | 22.5 | 12.2 | 0.43 | 0.01 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0ll5 | 1.70 | 0.11 | 23.1 |
| Great Towns | 16.1 | 22.5 | 11.5 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 1.72 | 0.12 | 23.5 |
| Smaller Towns | 16.0 | 23.2 | 11.4 | 0.40 | 0.00 | C.47 | 0.00 | - | 0.15 | 1.72 | 0.10 | 23.5 |
| London - Administrative County | 16.2 | 20.0 | 11.4 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 1.70 | 0.13 | 21.9 |
| EAST HAM | 12.5 | 28.2 | 11.5 | 0.61 | - | 0.85 | -- | - | 0.16 | 2.22 | 0.18 | 15.2 |
A dash (-) signifies there were no deaths
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