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East Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Statistical and Social Conditions
of the Area
Area (in statute acres) land and inland water, 3,324.
Population. Census, 1931, 142,394, males 68,923, females
73,471). Estimated to middle of 1935, 135,400.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1935) according to rate
books (including tenements and shops), approx. 33,000.
Rateable value at 31st December, 1935, £752,544.
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1935/6,
£3,025.
Physical Features of the Area.
See report for year 1930.
Social Conditions of the Area.
See report for year 1930.
| Total. | Males | Females. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1,917 | 986 | 931 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 14.4. |
| Illegitimate | 43 | 24 | 19 | ||
| Still Births | 74 | 38 | 36 | Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births 36.3. | |
| Deaths | 1,388 | 719 | 669 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated popula-tion 10.2. | |
| Death from puerperal causes:— | |||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 6 | 2.95 | |||
| Other puerperal causes | 4 | 1.95 | |||
| Total | 10 | 4.9 | |||