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COUNTY BOROUGH OF EAST HAM.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the year 1919.
VITAL STATISTICS.
POPULATION.
The population of the Borough at the Census of 1911 was
133,487.
BIRTHS.
During the year 2,449 births were registered (males 1,267,
females 1,182) as against 2,205 in 1918, giving a birth-rate of
16.2 per 1,000 population.
Illegitimate Births.
Fifty-six of these were registered.
DEATHS.
The numbers of deaths during the year was 1,427, of which
477 were of persons of 65 years and upwards.
481 deaths were reported of persons belonging to the Borough
which had taken place in Institutions outside the district.
The death-rate for England and Wales was 13'8, and for the
96 great towns 13.8.
INQUESTS.
88 inquests were held, 52 deaths being attributed to violence.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
179 deaths of infants under 1 year of age occurred in the
Borough, giving a rate of 73 per 1,000 births registered as compared
with 69 per 1,000 in 1918.