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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table Showing Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1914 and Ten
Previous Years.
| Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | *Rate. | Under 1 Year of age. | At all Ages. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough. | Deaths of Non.residents reregistered in Public Institutions in the Berough. | Deaths of Residents registered In Public Institutions beyond the Borough. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the Borough. | |||||
| Nett Num. bjr. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Total No. registered in The Borough. | Rate. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1904 | 107,544 | 3,717 | 34.6 | 575 | 154 | 1,406 | 130 | 54 | 2 | 208 | 1,612 | 14.9 |
| 1905 | 111,386 | 3,687 | 33.1 | 478 | 129 | 1,308 | 11.7 | 53 | 3 | 220 | 1,525 | 13.7 |
| 1906 | 115,228 | 3,656 | 31.7 | 473 | 129 | 1,224 | 10.6 | 44 | 15 | 271 | 1,491 | 12.9 |
| 1907 | 119,070 | 3,690 | 30.9 | 386 | 105 | 1,280 | 10.8 | 67 | 12 | 236 | 1,504 | 12.6 |
| 1908 | 122,912 | 3,534 | 28.7 | 368 | 104 | 1,181 | 9.6 | 101 | 27 | 265 | 1,419 | 11.5 |
| 1909 | 126,754 | 3,518 | 27.7 | 334 | 95 | 1,160 | 9.1 | 55 | 26 | 278 | 1,412 | 111 |
| 1910 | 130,596 | 3,455 | 26.4 | 312 | 90 | 1,069 | 8.2 | 55 | 36 | 297 | 1,330 | 10.2 |
| 1911 | 134,441 | 3,466 | 25.8 | 412 | 119 | 1,230 | 9.1 | 57 | 17 | 410 | 1,623 | 121 |
| 1912 | 138,450 | 3,573 | 25.8 | 256 | 71 | 1,048 | 7.5 | 53 | 14 | 426 | 1,474 | 10 6 |
| 1913 | 142,467 | 3,596 | 25.2 | 226 | 63 | 1,044 | 7.3 | 55 | 18 | 425 | 1,437 | 101 |
| Averages for years 1904. 1913. | 125,085 | 3,589 | 28.9 | 382 | 106 | 1,195 | 9.6 | 59 | 17 | 304 | 1,483 | 11.9 |
| 1914 | 146,526 | 3,436 | 23.5 | 267 | 77 | 1,031 | 7 0 | 53 | 18 | 515 | 1,528 | 104 |
*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 are the number in Column 7, corrected by 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.