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West Ham 1935

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

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Vital Statistics.
Total Male Female
Live Birth Legitimate 4088 2045 2043 Birth Rate 15.5
Illegitimate 112 51 61
Still Births, 125 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births), 28.9
Deaths, 2,914 Death Rate, 10.7
Deaths from diseases and from Sepsis 6
accidents of pregnancy from other causes 8
and child birth = Maternal Mortality Rate 3.23
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 5
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 12
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 19
Dfcath Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 births 45.4
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 44.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 89.2
In the case of the Great Towns the Birth Rate was 14.8, the
Death Rate 11.8, and the Infant Mortality Rate 62, whereas the
Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales was 3.93.

Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1935.

WARDS.BirthsBirth RateDeathsDeath RateInfant DeathsInfant Mortality per 1,000 birthsNatural increase Births over DeathsEstimated resident population middle of 1934
New Town28918.0416510.30165512416,015
Forest Gate27215.7920611.9510366617,226
High Street22614.0316110.0010446516,099
Broadway18614.2015411.759483213,098
Park23016.2417212.148345814,101
Upton22314.4717911.628354415,405
Plashet Road24318.4015611.8113538713,199
West Ham19012.9618112.36947914,633
Plaistow30016,3519610.68186010418,339
Bemersyde16413.5815512,83954912,072
Canning Town & Grange36914.512299.00195114025,418
Hudsons29315.4823012.158276318,924
Ordnance.26314.861558.7583010817,689
Beckton Road28615.711649.00155212218,203
Tidal Basin35316.5821410.05164513921,286
Custom House & Silvertown31316.5319710.40154711618,926
County Borough420015.5291410.719145.41286270,700

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