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West Ham 1937

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

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Table: T able XVII.West Ham . Deaths in age groups.

T able XVII.

West Ham . Deaths in age groups.

YearAgo groups (years)All ages
0—1—2—5—15—25—45—65—75—
1921615203821672124608836054853,712
19226413852831651644788656045394,124
1923466110921141894378605754883,331
19245642241981201744048825545323,652
19254631291181111814298415915653,428
19264181341081091694088806095703,405
1927404116114991674119056745913,481
19283801131281291643978066206033,340
192942713814711821438810007657293,926
193035398871021803828556305763,263
19313307055801573749377226593,384
193235811284991663258776696233,313
193328460841051703789036596943,337
1934284104921061712868376946453,219
193519146.51681363187766586702,914
19362945954621162968037096933,086
19372593947581292738237367433,107

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say before the age of 15 years, and a marked increase in the
proportion of deaths which take place in old age. Both changes
reflect the results of improvements in public health measures and
probably also the workings of other factors which are more difficult
to assess. The child welfare movement has certainly done much to
lessen the toll of child deaths, and the general advance of medical
services has contributed largely to the postponement of death.
From'Table XVIII. it will be seen that in sixteen years the proportion
of deaths which occurred below the age of one year was
halved, but in the same period there was a substantial increase in
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