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West Ham 1936

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

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Table: Vital Statistics.

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Vital Statistics.

		Total	Male	Female
Live Births	Legitimate	4098	2098	2000	Birth Rate 15.7
Live Births	Illegitimate	85	51	34	Birth Rate 15.7
Still Births, 150 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still births), 34.6
Deaths, 3,086					Death Rate, 11.6
Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and child birth		from Sepsis				3
		from other causes				5
		= Maternal Mortality Rate 1.8
Deaths from Measles (all ages)						50
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages)						18
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)						73
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 births						70.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births						66.4
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births						188.2

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In the case of the Great Towns the Birth Rate was 14.9, the
Death Rate 12.3, and the Infant Mortality Rate 63, whereas the
Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales was 3.65.

Table: Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1936.

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Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1936.

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 1936
New Town	245	15.58	194	12.34	16	65	51	15,721
Forest Gate	236	13.94	230	13.59	17	72	6	16,921
High Street	214	13.54	179	11.33	15	70	35	15,794
Broadway	168	13.13	134	10.47	12	71	34	12,792
Park	277	19.99	186	13.42	9	32	91	13,855
Upton	245	16.22	187	12.38	12	48	58	15,098
Plashet Road	232	17.99	173	13.42	18	77	59	12,891
West Ham	240	16.75	165	11.51	18	75	75	14,328
Paistow	304	16.85	216	11.97	20	65	88	18,034
Pemersyde	174	14.78	135	11.46	11	63	39	11,766
Canning Town & Grange	349	13.89	244	9.7	32	91	105	25,109
Hudsons	268	14.39	223	11.97	22	82	45	18,615
Ordnace	253	14.55	182	10.47	20	79	71	17,383
Beckton Road	290	16.20	216	12.06	21	72	74	17,898
Tidal Basin	369	17.58	241	11.49	36	97	128	20,978
Custom House & Silvertown	319	17.13	181	9.72	15	47	138	18,617
County Borough	4183	15.7	3086	11.6	294	70.2	1097	265,800

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West Ham 1936

Table: Vital Statistics.

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Table: Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1936.

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