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East Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Statistical and Social Conditions
of the Area.
Area (in statute acres) land and inland water, 3,324.
Population. Census, 1931, 142,394 (males 68,923, females
73,471). Estimated to middle of 1934, 137,050.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to rate
books (including tenements and shops), estimated 33,292.
Rateable value at 31st December, 1934, £751,895.
Sum represented by a penny rate, 1934, £3,037.
Physical Features of the Area.
See report for the year 1930.
Social Conditions of the Area.
See report for the year 1930.
General information associated with the physical features and
social conditions of the area is more applicable to a five years'
survey report, such as will be requested by the Minister of Health
for the year 1935.
| Total. | Males. | Females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 1,902 | 986 | 916 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated popula-tion 14 2. | ||
| Illegitimate | 51 | 25 | 26 | ||||
| Still Births | 68 | 44 | 24 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 33'6. | |||
| Deaths | 1,566 | 781 | 785 | Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 1T4. | |||
| Death from puerperal causes :— | |||||||
| Puerperal sepsis | 3 | 1.50 | |||||
| Other puerperal causes | — | — | |||||
| Total | 3 | 1.50 | |||||