Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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The Deaths numbered 3.428, viz., 1799 Males, 1,629 Females,
giving a Death Rate of 10.7 (Eng. and Wales 12,2).
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child birth:—
From Sepsis 8
From other causes 12
Maternal Mortality 2.85
Infant Mortality (Deaths of Infants under one year of
age per 1,000 births) 65.98
(Eng. and Wales) 75. 0
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 32
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 81
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 93
Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough during 1925.
Wards. | Births. | Birth Kate. | Deaths. | Death Kate. | Infant Deaths. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | Natural increase Births over Deaths. | Estimated population middle of 1925. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Town | 401 | 20.35 | 266 | 13.50 | 22 | 54 | 135 | 19,702 |
Forest Gate | 314 | 15.45 | 248 | 12.20 | 22 | 70 | 66 | 20,316 |
High Street | 486 | 25.08 | 180 | 9.28 | 31 | 63 | 306 | 19,376 |
Broadway | 318 | 19.87 | 192 | 12.00 | 31 | 97 | 126 | 16,000 |
Park | 255 | 15.62 | 167 | 10.23 | 11 | 43 | 88 | 16,318 |
Upton | 273 | 14.83 | 192 | 10.43 | 14 | 51 | 81 | 18,405 |
Plashet Road | 306 | 18.45 | 166 | 10.00 | 16 | 52 | 110 | 16,585 |
West Ham | 361 | 19.42 | 201 | 10.84 | 25 | 69 | 160 | 18,537 |
Plaistow | 475 | 21.16 | 216 | 9.62 | 30 | 63 | 259 | 22,442 |
Bemersyde | 233 | 15.13 | 141 | 9.16 | 14 | 60 | 92 | 15,393 |
Canning Town & Grange | 650 | 25.56 | 283 | 11.12 | 51 | 78 | 367 | 25,430 |
Hudsons | 483 | 22.54 | 236 | 11.01 | 25 | 51 | 247 | 21,423 |
Ordnance | 581 | 27.14 | 218 | 10.18 | 34 | 58 | 363 | 21,407 |
Beckton | 566 | 26.60 | 215 | 10.10 | 42 | 74 | 351 | 21,278 |
Tidal Basin | 779 | 33.49 | 279 | 11.99 | 68 | 87 | 500 | 23,256 |
CustomHouse & Silvertown | 536 | 23.68 | 228 | 10.07 | 27 | 50 | 308 | 22,632 |
County Borough | 7,017 | 22.03 | 3.428 | 10.7 | 463 | 65 98 | 3,589 | 318,500 |