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8
County Borough of West Ham.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1926.
Natural and Social Conditions.
West Ham is situated in latitude 51° 30' to 51° 33' N. and
longitude 0° 1' to 0° 3' E., in the extreme south-west of the
County of Essex and on the eastern side of the administrative
County of London, from which it is separated by the windings
of the River Lee and Bow Creek for 3½ miles.
In shape it is an irregular rhomboid, some 2 miles from
east to west, and 4 miles from north to south, comprising
within its boundaries 4,706 acres. The northern and eastern
sides of the Borough are contiguous to the populated district
of Leyton and the County Borough of East Ham respectively.
The southern boundary is formed by the River Thames for 2 1/8
miles. In elevation it is almost flat, varying from less than
5 feet to 45 feet above ordnance datum, about half the area
being not more than 10 feet above that level, and consequently
protected only from serious flooding by the river banks.
Summary of General Statistics
Area (acres), 4,706.
Population—
Census, 1921, 300,860.
Estimated, 1926, 315,900.
Number of inhabited houses (1921), 47,995.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921), 68,569.