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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
West Ham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY
1953
Area of Borough 4,689 acres
Population (R.G.'s raid-year estimate) 169,100
Live Births 2,812
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) 16.6
Adjusted birth rate (per 1,000 population) 15.1
Stillbirths 70
Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) 24.3
Deaths 1,492
Crude death rate (per 1,000 population) 8.8
Adjusted death rate (per 1,000 population) 10.3
Deaths of infants under 1 year 82
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 29.1
Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age 54
Neonatal death rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 19.1
Maternal deaths -Maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live & stillbirths)
VARIOUS DISEASES: Cases and Deaths.
| Cases | Case rate per 1,000 population | Deaths | Death rate per 1,000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | 413 | 2.44 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 0.006 | - | - |
| Dysentery | 66 | 0.39 | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 17 | 0.10 | - | - |
| Measles | 2,428 | 14.36 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 14 | 0.08 | - | - |
| -do- (non-paralytic) | 8 | 0.05 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 746 | 4.4l | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infections | 4 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.006 |
| Typhoid and Para Typhoid Fevers | 1 | 0.006 | - | - |
| Pneumonia: | ||||
| Acute, primary and influenzal | 201 | 1.19 | ||
| All forms | - | - | 86 | 0.51 |
| Bronchitis | - | - | 142 | 0.84 |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||
| Respiratory | 199 | 1.18 | 34 | 0.21 |
| Other forms | 18 | 0.11 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Cancer | - | - | 291 | 1.72 |