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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 2 - BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1960 AND 1961
| Year | Live Births per 1, 000 Population | Still Births per 1, 000 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 & Arterio Sclerotic Heart Disease | Tuberculosis (All Forms) | Deaths of Infants under one year (Rate per 1,000 Live Births) | ||||
| England and Wales | 1960 | 17.1 | 19.8 | 11.5 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 2.01 | 0.07 | 21.9 |
| 1961 | 17.4 | 19.1 | 12.0 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 2.07 | 0.07 | 21.6 | |
| London - Administrative County | 1960 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 11.4 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 2.02 | 0.08 | 21.6 |
| 1961 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 11.9 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 2.05 | 0. 10 | 21.5 | |
| EAST HAM | 1960 | 15.4 | 16.9 | 10.3 | 0.69 | - | 0.60 | - | - | 0.00 | 1.98 | 0.08 | 24.3 |
| 1961 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 11.5 | 0.79 | - | 0.73 | - | - | 0.07 | 2.16 | 0.04 | 14.7 | |
A dash (-) signifies there were no deaths