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West Ham 1937

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

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Ward population. The enumerated population, classified by
sex, in each of the sixteen wards at the 1931 census, together with
my estimate of the number of persons in each ward at the middle
of 1937, and the actual number of persons at the 1931 census are
set out in Table III.

Table: Table III.West Ham. Ward population—1931 Census and mid-1937.

Table III.

West Ham. Ward population—1931 Census and mid-1937.

Census population
Municipal WardAcres1931Estimated ward populatior 1937
1921 PersonsMalesFemalesPersons
Beckton Road14619,91610,0169,67619,69217,474
Bemersyde14914,6816,5556,93113,48611,487
Broadway17115,2577,0247,48114,50512,489
Canning Town and Grange49523,96013,34713,58326,93024,514
Custom House and Silvertown90121,36710,41610,09620,51218,176
Forest Gate25819,4458,64110,05618,69716,520
High Street52918,1418,9108,66217,57215,420
Hudsons31920,1959,95810,49320,45118,174
New Town40218,5848,5098,99117,50015,348
Ordnance10919,9959,5099,78419,29316,970
Park28515,5377,2078,36515,57213,527
Plaistow20521,2329,64510,22219,86717,607
Plashet Road15115,7136,9637,64914,61212,585
Tidal Basin18121,67911,46311,22122,68420,481
Upton24117,6607,6619,19716,85814,740
West Ham14717,4987,8908,15716,04713,988
Whole borough4,689300,860143,714150,564294,278259,500

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* Reprinted in part from Census of England and Wales 1931 by permission
of the Controller, H.M. Stationery Office.
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