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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
OF THE AREA.
Area (in statute acres) land and inland water, 3,324.
Population. Census 1921, 143,246 (males 69,342, females
73,904). Estimated 1930, 147,600.
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 27,024.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1930), according to rate
books (including tenements and shops), 31,982.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921), 33,937.
Rateable value at 31st December, 1930, £679,212.
Sum represented by a penny rate (rate made October, 1930),
£2,741.
Physical Features of the Area.
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.
The altitude is low, the highest point being about 50 feet
above ordnance datum.
East Ham is bounded on the north by Wanstead, south by
the River Thames, and adjoins West Ham on the west, and
Ilford and Barking east.
Social Conditions of the Area.
East Ham is principally an artisan residential area, with
very few industries carried on within its boundary. The bulk of
the working population find their occupations in neighbouring
boroughs or in the City, and although there has been a certain
amount of unemployment present in the Borough throughout the
year, which has tendered to lower the economic conditions of the
people, I do not think that this has seriously affected the general
health of the community.
In my opinion, no particular occupation carried on within
the Borough has had any influence on the health of the public.