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COUNTY BOROUGH OF WEST HAM
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER
OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1927.
Natural and Social Conditions.
W est Ham is situated in latitude 51° 30' to 51° 33' X. and
longtitude 0° 1' to 0° 3' E., 'in the extreme souith-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
ol 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 r.ts 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 21/8
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, 1927, 315,400.
Number of inhabited houses (1921). 47,995.
Number of families or separate occupiers (1921), 68,569.
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