Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | Births | Birth Rate | Deaths | Death Rate | Infant Deaths | Infant Mortality per 1,000 births | Natural increase Births over Deaths | Estimated resident population middle of 1934 |
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New Town | 289 | 18.04 | 165 | 10.30 | 16 | 55 | 124 | 16,015 |
Forest Gate | 272 | 15.79 | 206 | 11.95 | 10 | 36 | 66 | 17,226 |
High Street | 226 | 14.03 | 161 | 10.00 | 10 | 44 | 65 | 16,099 |
Broadway | 186 | 14.20 | 154 | 11.75 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 13,098 |
Park | 230 | 16.24 | 172 | 12.14 | 8 | 34 | 58 | 14,101 |
Upton | 223 | 14.47 | 179 | 11.62 | 8 | 35 | 44 | 15,405 |
Plashet Road | 243 | 18.40 | 156 | 11.81 | 13 | 53 | 87 | 13,199 |
West Ham | 190 | 12.96 | 181 | 12.36 | 9 | 47 | 14,633 | |
Plaistow | 300 | 16,35 | 196 | 10.68 | 18 | 60 | 104 | 18,339 |
Bemersyde | 164 | 13.58 | 155 | 12,83 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 12,072 |
Canning Town & Grange | 369 | 14.51 | 229 | 9.00 | 19 | 51 | 140 | 25,418 |
Hudsons | 293 | 15.48 | 230 | 12.15 | 8 | 27 | 63 | 18,924 |
Ordnance. | 263 | 14.86 | 155 | 8.75 | 8 | 30 | 108 | 17,689 |
Beckton Road | 286 | 15.71 | 164 | 9.00 | 15 | 52 | 122 | 18,203 |
Tidal Basin | 353 | 16.58 | 214 | 10.05 | 16 | 45 | 139 | 21,286 |
Custom House & Silvertown | 313 | 16.53 | 197 | 10.40 | 15 | 47 | 116 | 18,926 |
County Borough | 4200 | 15.5 | 2914 | 10.7 | 191 | 45.4 | 1286 | 270,700 |
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