Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Vital Statistics.
Total Male Female
Live Births Legitimate 5143 2631 2512 Barth Rate 17.77
Illegitimate 123 64 59
Still Births, 187 Rate per 1,000 total births, 35
Deaths, 3,384 Death Rate, 11.4
Deaths from diseases and ( from sepsis ... ... ... 7
accidents of pregnancy from other causes ... ... 9
and child birth
Maternal Mortality Rate 3.0
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All Infants per 1,000 live births 62.6
Legitimate infants per .1,000 legitimate births 60.8
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 138.1
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 3
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 35
Deaths from Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) 33
In the case of the Great Towns the Birth Rate was 16.0, the
Death Rate 12.3, and the Infant Mortality Rate 71.0, whereas
the Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales was 4.1.
Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1931.
Wards. | Births | Birth Rate | Deaths . | Death Rate | Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | Na/tural increase Births over Deaths | Estimated resident population middle of 1931 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Town | 284 | 16.09 | 219 | 12.41 | 19 | 66 | 65 | 17.645 |
Forest Gate | 300 | 15.91 | 221 | 11.72 | 21 | 70 | 79 | 18,851 |
High Street | 309 | 17.43 | 182 | 10.26 | 18 | 57 | 127 | 17,725 |
Broadway | 228 | 15.54 | 174 | 11.86 | 16 | 70 | 54 | 14,665 |
Park | 266 | 16.91 | 169 | 10.74 | 18 | 67 | 97 | 15,728 |
Upton | 205 | 12.03 | 208 | 12.21 | 9 | 43 | * | 17,029 |
Plashet Road | 227 | 15.37 | 169 | 11.44 | 14 | 61 | 58 | 14,766 |
West Ham | 274 | 16.13 | 178 | 10.98 | 18 | 65 | 96 | 16,200 |
Plaistow | 337 | 16.83 | 235 | 11.73 | 20 | 59 | 102 | 20,020 |
Bemersyde | 172 | 12.61 | 131 | 9.60 | 9 | 52 | 41 | 13,639 |
Canning Town and | ||||||||
Grange | 542 | 20.00 | 279 | 10.29 | 30 | 55 | 263 | 27,1100 |
Hudsons | 367 | 17.80 | 230 | 11.16 | 14 | 38 | 137 | 20,607 |
Ordnance | 384 | 19.87 | 246 | 12.73 | 26 | 67 | 138 | 19.324 |
Beckton Road | 405 | 20.42 | 248 | 12.50 | 28 | 69 | 157 | 19,829 |
Tidal Basin | 582 | 25.34 | 265 | 11.53 | 46 | 79 | 317 | 22,965 |
Custom House and | ||||||||
Silvertown | 384 | 18.03 | 230 | 11.16 | 24 | 62 | 154 | 20,607 |
County Borough | 5,266 | 17.77 | 3,384 | 11.4 | 330 | 626 | 1,8 85 | 296,700 |
Dccrcase of three births
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