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East Ham 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SUMMARY OF REPORT FOR 1905.
Area 3355 acres, including inland water.
Soil and Situation :—The subsoil is sand and gravel, overlying the
London clay. The altitude is not great, the highest point
above ordnance datum being about 50 feet, while the valley
of the Roding in the East, and some parts of the South of
the District are marshy.
Population.—Census 1901, 96,018. Population per acre, 33.
Population estimated June 1905, 123,381. Population per acre
3677.
Number of Inhabited Houses.—Census 1901, 16,681. No. per
house, 575.
Number of Inhabited Houses, January, 1906, 21,533.
Births, 3687. Birth Rate, 29.86.
Deaths, 1528. Death Rate, 12.3.
Zymotic Death Rate, 2.3.
Infantile Mortality, 129.
Water Supply, Metropolitan Water Board (East London District).
Total Rainfall, 20.30 inches.