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7
COUNTY BOROUGH OF EAST HAM.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
For the year 1920.
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT.
Population.
The population of the Borough at the Census of 1911 was
133,187, and the present estimated population 150,207.
Social Conditions.
East Ham is chiefly a residential district.
A large part of the population consisting chiefly of clerks,
warehousemen, mechanics, postal officials anri others, travel to
London for their daily work.
Transport.
East Ham is we'll supplied with transport by means of the
District, Midland and Great Eastern Railways, also by a through
service of trams and motor omnibuses.
Industries.
The local industries are the Beckton works of the Gas Light
and Coke Company, Royal Albert Docks of the Port of London
Authority, a firm of wholesale druggists, manufacturers of
ladies' wearing apparel, artificial flower workshops, and
laundries, but none of these appear to have any influence on the
public health of the Borough.
Offensive Trades.
Several attempts have been made to establish offensive trades
but I am pleased to note that the Council have refused permission.
No licence has been granted for any of these trades to be carried
on in the Borough.