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Rateable value—
Poor Rate, £1,417,288.
General District Rate, £1,326,938.
Sum represented by a penny rate—General District Rate, £5,529.
Chief Occupations of Inhabitants.
West Ham is a typical industrial Borough. Large factories
abound on the river frontages west and south; railway works
employing thousands of regular hands arc located in the north,
and large docks intersect the south. The rest of the area may be
said to form the dormitory of artizans, clerks and others whose
daily work is carried on in London and district, together with the
local shops and retail businesses necessary for the welfare of
their families. There is no particular industry specially calculated
to adversely affect the public health.
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
The Births during 1927 numbered 5,991, classified as follows:—
Total Male Female
Legitimate 5833 2993 2840
Illegitimate 158 75 83
giving a Birth Rate of 18.9 (Eng. and Wales 16.7), (107 Great
Towns 17.1).
The Deaths numbered 3,481, viz., 1,805 Males, 1,676 Females,
giving a Death Rate of 11.0 (Eng. and Wales 12.3), (107
Great Towns 12.2).
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child birth :
From Sepsis 9
From other causes 9
Maternal Mortality 3.0
Infant Mortality (Deaths of Infants under one vear of age
per 1,000 births) 67.4
(Eng. and Wales) 69.0
(107 Great Towns) 71.0
Illegitimate Death Rate under one year (per 1,000
illegitimate births) 69.6
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 73
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 34
Whooping Cough and Measles.
Though much concern has been caused by the large number
of cases of Scarlet Fever occurring, only 7 deaths resulted therefrom,
whereas no fewer than 73 deaths were certified as due to
Whooping Cough. Moreover, it can confidently be assumed that
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