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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 1.
Vital Statistics of Whole Borough during 1914 and previous Years.
| YEAR. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | BIRTHS. | TOTAL DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE BOROUGH. | TRANSFERABLE DEATHS* | NETT DEATHS BELONGING TO THE BOROUGH. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | of Nod. residents Registered in the Borough. | of Residents not Registered in the Borough. | Under I Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||
| 1909 | 126,754 | 3,496 | 3,518 | 27.7 | 1,160 | 9.1 | 26 | 278 | 334 | 95 | 1,412 | 10.2 |
| 1910 | 130,596 | 3,411 | 3,455 | 26.4 | 1,069 | 8.2 | 36 | 297 | 312 | 90 | 1,330 | 10.2 |
| 1911 | 134,441 | 3,417 | 3,466 | 25.8 | 1,230 | 9.1 | 17 | 410 | 412 | 119 | 1,623 | 121 |
| 1912 | 138,450 | 3,518 | 3,573 | 25.8 | 1,048 | 7.5 | 21 | 426 | 256 | 71 | 1,474 | 10.6 |
| 1913 | 142,467 | 3,536 | 3,596 | 25.2 | 1,044 | 7.3 | 32 | 425 | 226 | 63 | 1,437 | 10.1 |
| 1914 | 146,526 | 3,373 | 3,436 | 235 | 1,031 | 70 | 18 | 515 | 267 | 77 | 1,528 | 104 |
This Table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the Borough, and the births and deaths properly belonging
to it with the corresponding rates.
* "Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons having a fixed or usual residence in East Ham, who died in another district.