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East Ham 1913

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

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INQUESTS.

136 INQUESTS WERE HELD. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION WAS HELD ON 65 CASES
The following were the causes certified by Coroners:—
Accident52
Heart Disease17
Pneumonia7
Suicide12
Bronchitis3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis1
Want of proper attention at birth4
Convulsions2
Cerebral Haemorrhage14
Found Drowned4
Status Lymphaticus4
Murder1
Snake Bite1
Other Causes14
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
226 deaths of Infants under one year of ageoccurred in the
Borough, giving a rate of 63 per 1,000 births registered as against
71in 1912 and 119 per 1,000 in 1911.

The number of infant deaths and the rate per 1,000 births for the past five years were as follows :—

Year.Number of Infant Deaths.Rale per 1,000 Births Registered.
190933495
191031290
1911412119
191225671
191322663