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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Total | Male | Female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Legitimate | 4836 | 2490 | 2346 | Birth Rate | 17.21 | |
| Illegitimate | 144 | 68 | 76 | ||||
| Still Births, | 149 | Rate per 1,000 total births | 30 | ||||
| Deaths, 3,313 | Death Rate, | 11.4 | |||||
| Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and child birth | from sepsis | 9 | |||||
| from other causes | 6 | ||||||
| Rate per 1,000 births, 3.0 | |||||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 77 | ||||||
| Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) | 29 | ||||||
| Deaths from Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) | 59 | ||||||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age. | |||||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 71 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births | 70.3 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births | 125 | ||||||
In the case of the Great Towns the Birth Rate was 15.4, the
Death Rate 11.8, and the Infant Mortality Rate 69.0, whereas
the Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales was 4.2.
Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1932.
| Wards. | Births | Birth Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | natural increase Births over Deaths | Estimated resident population middle of 1932 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Town | 318 | 18.49 | 213 | 12.38 | 21 | 66 | 105 | 17.195 |
| Forest Gate | 256 | 13.90 | 205 | 11.13 | 20 | 77 | 51 | 18,406 |
| High Street | 282 | 16.31 | 198 | 11.45 | 27 | 95 | 84 | 17,280 |
| Broadway | 236 | 16.59 | 164 | 11.53 | 19 | 80 | 72 | 14,220 |
| Park | 263 | 17.20 | 185 | 12.10 | 16 | 60 | 78 | 15,283 |
| Upton | 234 | 14.10 | 200 | 12.05 | 19 | 81 | 34 | 16,584 |
| Plashet Road | 229 | 15.98 | 175 | 12.21 | 13 | 56 | 54 | 14,321 |
| West Ham | 235 | 14.91 | 188 | 11.93 | 16 | 68 | 47 | 15,755 |
| Plaistow | 288 | 14.47 | 232 | 11.88 | 24 | 83 | 56 | 19,620 |
| Bemersyde | 191 | 16.89 | 125 | 9.47 | 15 | 78 | 66 | 13,194 |
| Canning Town and Grange | 498 | 18.72 | 277 | 14.13 | 32 | 64 | 221 | 26,600 |
| Hudsons | 342 | 1701 | 238 | 11.83 | 18 | 52 | 104 | 20,105 |
| Ordnance | 319 | 16.89 | 222 | 11.75 | 22 | 68 | 97 | 18,879 |
| Beckton Road | 373 | 19.24 | 237 | 12.22 | 23 | 61 | 136 | 19,384 |
| Tidal Basin | 550 | 24.48 | 253 | 11.26 | 52 | 94 | 297 | 22,467 |
| Custom House and Silvertown | 366 | 18.20 | 201 | 9.99 | 21 | 57 | 165 | 20,107 |
| County Borough | 4,980 | 17.21 | 3,313 11.4 | 358 | 71 | 1,667 | 289,300 | |