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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The rates for the two main groups—accidents and suicides
respectively—are not given in the table as they may tend to be
based on small numbers. The accident rates are, however, very
low considering the industrial nature of the area. This applies
especially to females—a point upon which the Registrar-General
commented recently.
Table XXXIV. Deaths from violence.
Period | West Ham: No. of deaths. | All violence. Crude death-rates per 1.000 living | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accidents, etc. | Suicide | West Ham | England and Wales | |||||||||
Male | Female | Persons | Male | Fe-m'ls | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | Male | Female | Persons | |
1891-1895 | — | — | 622 | — | — | 72 | — | — | 0.63 | 0.937 | 0.365 | 0.642 |
1896-1900 | — | — | 992 | — | — | 56 | — | — | 0.84 | 0.916 | 0.364 | 0.631 |
1901-1905 | — | — | 752 | — | - | 86 | — | — | 0.62 | 0.857 | 0.341 | 0.591 |
1906-1910 | — | — | 742 | — | — | 131 | — | — | 0.62 | 0.799 | 0.325 | 0.554 |
1911-1915 | 603 | 261 | 864 | 79 | 20 | 99 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 0.66 | 0.860 | 0.316 | 0.576 |
1916-1920 | 604 | 230 | 834 | 65 | 33 | 98 | 0.97 | 0.36 | 0.66 | 1.008 | 0.285 | 0.605 |
1921-1925 | 412 | 158 | 570 | 100 | 33 | 133 | 0.67 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.660 | 0.26] | 0.452 |
1926-1930 | 405 | 142 | 547 | 105 | 57 | 162 | 0.68 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.770 | 0.318 | 0.534 |
1931-1935 | 362 | 121 | 483 | 125 | 46 | 171 | 0.70 | 0.23 | 0.46 | 0.770 | 0.346 | 0.550 |
1921 | 76 | 41 | 117 | 25 | 8 | 33 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.49 | 0.651 | 0.253 | 0.443 |
1922 | 78 | 37 | 115 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0.62 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.637 | 0.253 | 0.436 |
1923 | 82 | 31 | 113 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.667 | 0.255 | 0.452 |
1924 | 78 | 20 | 98 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 0.61 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.652 | 0.266 | 0.451 |
1925 | 98 | 29 | 127 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 0.74 | 0.23 | 0.48 | 0.694 | 0.278 | 0.477 |
1926 | 81 | 25 | 106 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 0.65 | 0.20 | 0.42 | 0.695 | 0.291 | 0.484 |
1927 | 72 | 23 | 95 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 0.62 | 0.25 | 0.43 | 0.753 | 0.304 | 0.519 |
1928 | 83 | 36 | 119 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 0.68 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.784 | 0.328 | 0.546 |
1929 | 87 | 26 | 113 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 0.72 | 0.20 | 0.46 | 0.800 | 0.336 | 0.558 |
1930 | 82 | 32 | 114 | 24 | 17 | 41 | 0.72 | 0.32 | 0.51 | 0.817 | 0.330 | 0.563 |
1931 | 78 | 27 | 105 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 0.74 | 0.23 | 0.48 | 0.759 | 0.338 | 0.540 |
1932 | 75 | 23 | 98 | 21 | 10 | 31 | 0.68 | 0.22 | 0.45 | 0.777 | 0.329 | 0.544 |
1933 | 78 | 23 | 101 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 0.77 | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.790 | 0.352 | 0.562 |
1934 | 67 | 28 | 95 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 0.67 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.782 | 0.359 | 0.562 |
1935 | 64 | 20 | 84 | 23 | 8 | 31 | 0.66 | 0.20 | 0.42 | 0.744 | 0.353 | 0.540 |
1936 | 63 | 36 | 99 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 0.65 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.750 | 0.372 | 0.553 |
1937 | 59 | 32 | 91 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 0.62 | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.756 | 0.371 | 0.556 |