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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 1936

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

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Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Borough during the
year was 1,779, but of these 195 occurred in persons not belonging
to the Borough, while the deaths of 1,502 residents of West
Ham occurred in various institutions and districts elsewhere,
making the total net deaths attributable to the Borough number
3,086, of which 1,004 were males and 1,422 females.
The allocation of these deaths to their different causes will
he found later in this Report, but the grand total from a1l causes
gives an annual Death Rate of 11.6 per 1,000 of the estimated
population. The Death Rate for the Great Towns was 12.8.
Deaths in Public Institutions.
The great use made of the facilities for Institutional treatment
is shown by the subjoined table, viz.:

Table: Deaths in Council's Institutions.

Deaths in Council's Institutions.

Under 1 year1 year & upwards
Whipps Cross Hospital45502
Central Home1420
Harold Wood Hospital—30
Dagenham Sanatorium and Hospital—49
West Ham Mental Hospital—49
Plaistow Fever Hospital944
Forest Gate Hospital1016
Deaths in other Institutions.
Under 1 year1 year & upwards
Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End1064
St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow3716
Plaistow Maternity Hospital29-
Royal Albert Dock Hospital-12
Children's Hospital, Balaam Street175
Other places, e.g. Docks, etc.116
Residents dying in outside Institutions55285
TOTAL2141574
Non-residents dying in West Ham Institutions48147
1661427
Net West Ham Deaths occurring in Institutions1593

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The above figures show that over 51 per cent. of the deaths
occurring in West Ham took place in public institutions.
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