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West Ham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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allocated to the borough consisted of 2,140 males and 2,048
females, making a total of 4,188. Compared with 1936 this
represents a decrease of 9 males and an increase of 14 females,
or a total increase of 5 births.
The birth-rate for 1937 was 16.1 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with a rate of 15.7 for the previous year.
T able VIII.
West Ham . Birth-rates in Wards, 1937.
| Municipal Ward | Nett live births | Illegitimate births | Birth rate per 1,000 ward population | Increase ( + ) or decrease (-) compared with 1936 rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female | |||
| Beckton Road | 136 | 128 | 5 | 4 | 15.1 | — I.I |
| Bemersyde | 69 | 78 | — | — | 12.8 | — 2.0 |
| Broadway | 96 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 14.2 | + 1.1 |
| Canning Town and Grange | 163 | 174 | 4 | 3 | 13.7 | — 0.2 |
| Custom House & Silvertown | 146 | 3 | 4 | 15.5 | — 1 .6 | |
| Forest Gate | 125 | 121 | 3 | 4 | 14.9 | + 1.0 |
| High Street | 117 | 129 | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | + 2.5 |
| H udsons | 175 | 141 | 4 | 2 | 17.4 | + 3.0 |
| New Town | 139 | 117 | 3 | 2 | 16.7 | + 1.1 |
| Ordnance | 137 | 119 | 3 | 3 | 15.1 | + 0.5 |
| Park | 151 | 126 | 2 | 5 | 20.5 | +0.5 |
| Plaistow | 152 | 169 | — | 3 | 18.2 | + 1.3 |
| Plashet Road | 137 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 21.1 | + 3.1 |
| Tidal Basin | 172 | 168 | 5 | 3 | 16.6 | — 1.0 |
| Upton | 138 | 126 | 4 | 7 | 17.9 | + 1.7 |
| West Ham | 90 | 103 | 1 | — | 13.8 | - 3.0 |
| Unallocated | — | — | 6 | — | — | |
| Whole borough | 2,143 | 2.045 | 61 | 53 | 16.1 | + 0.4 |