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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
East Ham 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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WARD POPULATION.
In June, 1905, as estimated from enumeration of the houses
in January, 1905 and 1906:—
Beckton & North Woolwich Ward 1,299 109 42 7,469
Central Ward—East3,634 259 90 20,895
Central Ward—West 3,978 236 26 22,873
Manor Park Ward 4,789 657 49 27,540
Plashet Ward—East 3,406 203 4 19,581
Plashet Ward—West 4,220 216 — 24,262
21,326 1,680 211 122,620
DENSITY OF POPULATION.
The area of the Borough is 3355 acres, the number of persons
per acre is, therefore, 36.7.
At the Census of 1901 the density of population was 33
persons per acre.
BIRTHS.
The Births registered during the year numbered 3687, of
which 1862 were males and 1825 females.
This gives a birth-rate of 29.88 per 1,000 as compared with
27.9 for England and Wales.
The birth rate of the Borough for the pact year is the lowest
ever recorded. This is not exceptional, for the birth-rate of the
entire country has been steadily declining for the past 50 years.