[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham] page 8

East Ham 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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POPULATION
The Registrar General's estimates of the population at 30th June each year were
1958 - 110,900
1959 - 109,900
The corresponding figure for 1957 was 112,700
The various rates per 1,000 population quoted in this report are based on the above estimates.
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1936 - SECTION 203

Table: The following tabulation shows the number of births notified each year, as adjusted by transferred notifications:-

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The following tabulation shows the number of births notified each year, as adjusted by transferred notifications:-

	1958	1959
(a) Live Births; (i) Domiciliary	300	290
(11) Institutional	1,199	1,237
(b) Still Births; (i) Domiciliary	3	2
(11) Institutional	28	20
(c) Totals (1) Domiciliary	303	292
(11) Institutional	1,227	1,257
Grand Totals	1,530	1,549

Table: Number of premature infants notified during the years (Including transferred notifications) where the mothers normally reside in the area.

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Number of premature infants notified during the years (Including transferred notifications) where the mothers normally reside in the area.

	1958	1959
(1) Born at home	9	7
(li) Born In hospital or nursing home	80	83
Totals	89	90

Table: The number of births assigned to the area and birth rates for the years under review, with comparative figures for previous years are shown in the following tabulation:

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The number of births assigned to the area and birth rates for the years under review, with comparative figures for previous years are shown in the following tabulation:

	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Number of live births	1,441	1,393	1,447	1,500	1,525
Birth rate per 1,000 population	12.4	12.1	12.8	13.5	13.8
Area comparability factor	0.95	0.97	0.98	0.98	0.99
Corrected birth rate	11.8	11.7	12.5	13.2	13.6
Birth rate for England and Wales	15.0	15.6	16.1	16.4	16.5

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STILL BIRTHS
The numbers of still births registered and the rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births
are shown in the following table, together with comparable figures for the preceding three years:
1955 1 956 1 957 1 958 1 959
No. of still births 1*1 33 42 29 26
Rate per 1,000 total births 27.6 23.1 28.2 18.9 16.7
The still birth mortality rates for England and Wales and East Ham are shewn In the following
table:-

Table: TABLE 1

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TABLE 1

1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
0.33	0.36	0.37	0.36	0.35
0.35	0.28	0.37	0.26	0.23

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East Ham 1958

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Table: The following tabulation shows the number of births notified each year, as adjusted by transferred notifications:-

Table: Number of premature infants notified during the years (Including transferred notifications) where the mothers normally reside in the area.

Table: The number of births assigned to the area and birth rates for the years under review, with comparative figures for previous years are shown in the following tabulation:

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Table: TABLE 1