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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Including these we have a nett total of 1,074 (848 males and
826 females), which gives a rate of 11.7.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 14.8, and for the
96 great towns 15.9.
No uncertified deaths were recorded in 1915.
INQUESTS.
186 inquests were held. Post-mortem examinations were held
on 44 cases.
The following were the causes certified by Coroners:—
| Heart Disease | 29 |
| Suicides | 13 |
| Convulsions | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 12 |
| Suffocation (overlaying in bed) | 1 |
| Burns | 1 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 7 |
| Murder | 1 |
| Accidents | 34 |
| Bronchitis | 5 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 6 |
| Drowning | 9 |
| Want of proper attention at birth | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Other causes | 62 |
| 186 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
263 deaths of infants under 1 year of age occurred in the
Borough, giving a rate of 79 per 1,000 births registered as compared
with 77 per 1,000 in 1914 and 63 in 1913.
The number of infant deaths and the rate per 1,000 births
for the past five years were as follows:—