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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

West Ham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1929.

Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1929.

Wards.BirthsBirth RateDeathsDeath RateInfant DeathsInfant Mortality per 1,000 birthsNatural increase Births over DeathsEstimated population middle of 1929.
New Town33817.8029115.3232944718,984
Forest Gate29615.1022011.2317577619,590
High Street34118.2726113.9830888018,658
Broadway25616.7120713.5123894915,312
Park25116.0521013.4310404115,630
Upton23213.0921412.0712521817,717
Plashet Road24815.6019312.1419765515,897
West Ham31417.6222112.4022709317,819
Plaistow37617.2726612.22256611021,762
Bemersyde18912.7016511.0913682414,873
Canning Town and Grange61224.7033513.52396427724,770
Hudsons34116.4322010.60226412120,743
Ordnance42420.4526512.78409415920,726
Beckton Road47322.9626612.91357420720,597
Tidal Basin63428.0833314.75548530122,575
Custom House and Silvertown44120.0925911.80347718221,947
County Borough5,76618.703,92612.704277401,840307,600