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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also be useful next year to compare these figures with those obtained
at the recent Census, and I trust you will empower me to apply to the
Superintending Registrar for this purpose. The tendency of many
occupiers, in replying to the questions of sanitary officials, lies rather in
the direction of understating the number of persons living in their
houses, and for this reason it is possible the following populations may
be under-estimated. If so, the death-rates calculated thereon will
appear higher than they actually were:—
Street. | No. of Houses. | No. of Children under 13. | No. of Persons over 13. | Total Population. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bidder Street Area. | ||||
Bidder Street | 138 | 358 | 505 | 863 |
Charlotte Street | 22 | 64 | 92 | 156 |
Creek Street | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Junction Street | 27 | 74 | 110 | 184 |
Lea Street | — | — | — | — |
New Road | 28 | 88 | 115 | 203 |
Quadrant Street. | 27 | 65 | 117 | 182 |
Randall Street | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
Ship Street | 17 | 46 | 60 | 106 |
Shipwright Place | 3 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
Shipwright Street | 29 | 57 | 117 | 174 |
Stephenson Street | 75 | 182 | 296 | 478 |
Tucker Street | 44 | 145 | 203 | 348 |
Wellington Place | 41 | 92 | 109 | 201 |
Wellington Street | 14 | 33 | 63 | 96 |
Wharf Street | 20 | 65 | 86 | 151 |
Totals | 491 | 1,289 | 1900 | 3,189 |