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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 1.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1907 and ten previous Years:—
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | BIRTHS. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough. | Total Deaths in Public Institution in the Borough. | Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the Borough | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the Borough. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1897 | 65,000 | 2,209 | 34.0 | 335 | 151 | 822 | 12.6 | .. | .. | 25 | 847 | 13.0 |
| 1898 | 75,000 | 2,614 | 34.8 | 428 | 163 | 964 | 12.8 | .. | .. | 40 | 1,004 | 13.3 |
| 1899 | 88,000 | 3,028 | 34.4 | 529 | 174 | 1,201 | 13.6 | .. | .. | 44 | 1,245 | 14.1 |
| 1900 | 92,000 | 3,297 | 35.8 | 549 | 166 | 1,255 | 13.6 | 35 | .. | 48 | 1,303 | 14.1 |
| 1901 | 96,000 | 3,503 | 36.4 | 549 | 156 | 1,279 | 13.3 | 34 | .. | 178 | 1,457 | 15.1 |
| 1902 | 104,023 | 3,805 | 36.5 | 446 | 117 | 1,120 | 10.7 | 44 | .. | 122 | 1,242 | 11.9 |
| 1903 | 110,451 | 3,805 | 34.4 | 430 | 113 | 1,133 | 10.2 | 37 | .. | 132 | 1,265 | 11.4 |
| 1904 | 116,902 | 3,717 | 31.7 | 575 | 154 | 1,406 | 12.0 | 54 | 2 | 208 | 1,612 | 13.7 |
| 1905 | 123,381 | 3,687 | 29.8 | 478 | 129 | 1,308 | 10.5 | 53 | 3 | 220 | 1,525 | 12.3 |
| 1906 | 129,886 | 3,656 | 28.1 | 473 | 129 | 1,224 | 9.4 | 44 | 15 | 271 | 1,491 | 11.4 |
| Averages for years 1897-1906. | 100,064 | 3,332 | 33.5 | 479 | 145 | 1,171 | 11.8 | .. | .. | 128 | 1,299 | 13.0 |
| 1907 | 136,421 | 3,690 | 27.0 | 386 | 105 | 1,280 | 9.4 | 67 | 12 | 236 | 1,504 | 11.0 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those
registered during the year as having actually occurred within the Borough. The
deaths included in Column 12 arc the number in Column 7, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the Borough on
account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions here; and by the term
" Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the Borough on account of
sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The " Public institutions " taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are
those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity,
such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums.