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East Ham 1936

[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 1936, 133,400.
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1936) according to rate
books (including tenements and shops), approx. 33,050.
Rateable value at 31st December, 1936, £757,774.
Sum represented by a penny rate for the year 1936/7,
£3,030 estimated.
Physical Features of the Area.
See report for year 1930.
Social Conditions of the Area.
See report for year 1930.

Extracts from Vital Statistics.

Total.Malts.Females.
Live BirthsLegitimate1,881967914Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 144.
(illegitimate502723
Still Births643430Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births 32.0.
Deaths1,421712709Death rate per 1,000 of the estimated population 10-6.
Death from puerperal causes:—
Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total live and still) births.
Puerperal sepsis10.50
Other puerperal causes31.50
Total42.00