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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Summary of Report for 1926.
1. GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area in statute acres (land and inland water), 3,324.
Population. Census 1921, 143,246 (males 69,342, females
73,904). Adjusted to mid 1926, 1146,600.
Census, 1921 :—
| Number of inhabited houses | 27,024 |
| Number of families or separate occupiers | 33,937 |
| Manor Park | 14,906 |
| Little Ilford | 17,542 |
| Woodgrange | 13,894 |
| Plashet | 14,640 |
| Kensington | 12,910 |
| Castle | 15,360 |
| Central | 15,456 |
| Wall End | 15,010 |
| Greatfield | 11,634 |
| South | 15,248 |
| Rateable Value :— | |
| Borough Rate | £647,400 |
| Assessable Value :— | |
| General District Rate | £604,900 |
| Sum represented by a Penny Rate :— | |
| Borough Rate | £2,617 net. |
| General District Rate | £2,444 net. |
2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total number of births, 2,505 (males 1,274, females 1,231).
Total number of illegitimate births, 64.
Birth-rate, 17*1.
Deaths, 1,410 (males 751, females 659).
Crude Death-rate, 9'62.