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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Age, sex and marital condition. The only basis for any
estimate of the number of persons in the population classified in
this manner is the census figures. These figures, as enumerated
at the 193.1 census, are given in Tables IV. and V.
Table V.
West Ham. Ac.es (individual years) under 21. 1931 Census
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age last birthday (years) | No. | Per cent, of males at all ages | No. | Per cent of females at all ages |
| O | 2,618 | 1.82 | 2,381 | 1.58 |
| 1 | 2,441 | 1.70 | 2,573 | 1.71 |
| 2.474 | 1.72 | 2,448 | 1.63 | |
| 3 | 2,454 | 2,405 | 1.60 | |
| 4 | 2,637 | 1.83 | 2,461 | 1.63 |
| 5 | 2,739 | 1.91 | 2,691 | 1.79 |
| 6 | 2,711 | 1.89 | 2,718 | 1.81 |
| 7 | 2,928 | 2.04 | 2,846 | 1.89 |
| 8 | 3,092 | 2.15 | 2,923 | 1.94 |
| 9 | 3,147 | 2.19 | 3,032 | 2.01 |
| 10 | 3,290 | 2.29 | 3,153 | 2.09 |
| 11 | 3,410 | 2.37 | 3,359 | 2.23 |
| 12 | 2,337 | 1.63 | 2,199 | 1.46 |
| 13 | 2,257 | 1.57 | 2,207 | 1.47 |
| 14 | 2,624 | 1.83 | 2,719 | 1.81 |
| 15 | 2,837 | 1.97 | 2,769 | 1.84 |
| 16 | 3,006 | 2.09 | 2,994 | 1.99 |
| 3,162 | 2.20 | 3,008 | 2.00 | |
| 18 | 3,076 | 3,141 | 2.09 | |
| 19 | 2,881 | 3,051 | 2.03 | |
| 20 | 2,875 | 2,966 | ||
| 0-21 | 58,996 | 4I-°5 | 58,044 | 38.55 |
* Based on the figures in the Census of England and Wales, 1951.
See footnote to Table III.
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