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Poor Law Relief.
Poor Law relief is undertaken by the West Ham Board of
Guardians.
The Clerk of the Guardians gives the following information
:—
Amount of Out-door Relief granted to persons resident in
the Borough of East Ham during the year ended 31st December,
1920, was ^16,034.
Hospitals.
At the Passmore Edwards Hospital in Shrewsbury Road
casualties are treated, but a scheme is proposed to build a large
General Hospital close to the present site. Local medical practitioners
send a number of their patients to various London Hospitals
for special treatment.
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT.
Boundaries.
East Ham is classified as one of the 96 great towns of England
and Wales. It is bounded on the north by Wanstead, south by
the River Thames, adjoins West Ham on the west, llford and
Barking on the east.
Acreage.
The acreage is 3,326.
Subsoil. t
The subsoil is sand and gravel, with the exception of a portion
in the south of the Borough, where it consists of alluvium overlying
London clay.
Altitude.
The altitude is low, the highest point being about 50 feet
above ordnance datum.
Climate.
The climate' is mild.