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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 2 - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1958 AND 1959
| Year | Live Births per 1,000 Population | Still Births per 1a000 Total (Live and Still Births) | Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Malignant Neoplasm Lung and Bronchus | Acute Poliomyelitis | Pneumonia | Whooping Cough | Diphtheria | Influenza | Coronary Disease, Angina pectoris | Tuberculosis (All Forms) | Deaths of Infants under one year (Rate per 1,000 Live Births) | ||||
| England and Wale | 1958 | 16.4 | 21.6 | 11.7 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 186 | 0.10 | 22.6 |
| 1959 | 16.5 | 20.9 | 11.6 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.00 | – | 0.17 | 1.87 | 0.08 | 22.2 | |
| London - Administrative County .. | 1958 | 16.7 | 20.2 | 11.8 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 1.84 | 0.13 | 22.6 |
| 1959 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 11.9 | 0.64 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 0.00 | – | 0.18 | 1.89 | 0.11 | 22.3 | |
| EAST HAM. | 1958 | 13.2 | 18.9 | 11.1 | 0.51 | – | 0.64 | – | – | 0.03 | 1.90 | 0.05 | 18.0 |
| 1959 | 13.6 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 0.62 | – | 0.55 | – | –– | 0.20 | 1.90 | 0.07 | 19.6 | |
A dash (-) signifies there were no deaths