London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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It will be seen from the following table that the Zymotic Death.rate for East Ham (2.9) is higher than the average death. rate of England and Wales (1.94) and the 76 great towns (2.49).
| Population. | EAST HAM. | England and Wales. | 76 Great Towns. | 142 Smaller Towns. | England and Wales less 218 Great Towns. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1904. | 1904. | 1904. | 1904. | ||||||
| 92,000 | 96,000 | 104,000 | 110,451 | 116,902 | 33,763,434 | 15,250,000 | 4,500,000 | 14 Millions | ||||||
| Deaths | Death Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Death Rate | Death Rate | Death Rate | Death Rate | |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | 24 | .23 | — | — | — | — | .01 | .01 | .03 | .01 |
| Scarlet Fever.. | 2 | .02 | 7 | .07 | 9 | .08 | 13 | .11 | 10 | .08 | .11 | .12 | .13 | .09 |
| Measles | 45 | .49 | 17 | .17 | 26 | .25 | 36 | .32 | 56 | .47 | .36 | .47 | .36 | .23 |
| Diphtheria | 34 | .36 | 35 | .36 | 34 | .32 | 15 | .13 | 47 | .40 | .17 | .19 | .16 | .14 |
| Typhoid Fever | 20 | .21 | 17 | .17 | 22 | .21 | 14 | .12 | 14 | .12 | .09 | .10 | .10 | .08 |
| Diarrhoea | 142 | 1.47 | 106 | 112 | 51 | .49 | 58 | .52 | 189 | 1.61 | .86 | 1.20 | .89 | .46 |
| Whooping Couch | 33 | .35 | 27 | .28 | 48 | .46 | 38 | .34 | 24 | .20 | .34 | .40 | .35 | .27 |
| 276 | 300 | 209 | 217 | 214 | 205 | 174 | 1.57 | 340 | 2.91 | 1.94 | 2.49 | 202 | 1.28 | |