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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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The following tables give the birth-rate of the Borough for
the past 10 years, and that of England and Wales for the past 50
years:—
England and Wales.
1860-1870 35.2
1871-1880 35.4
1881-1890 32.5
1891-1900 29.9
1901-1904 28.3
East Ham.
1896 35.0
1897 34.0
1898 34.8
1899 34.4
1900 35.8
1901 36.4
1902 36.5
1903 34.4
1904 31.7
1905 29.8
BIRTHS DISTRIBUTED INTO WARDS.
Births. Birth-rate.
Beckton & N. Woolwich Ward 279 37 3
Central Ward—East 656 31.3
Central Ward—West 793 34.6
Manor Park Ward 801 29.1
Plasliet Ward—East 514 26.2
Plashet Ward—West 644 26.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS.
These numbered 77, giving a rate of 20 per 1,000 births. The
illegitimate Birth-rate for England and Wales from 1891 to 1900
was 42 per 1,000 births.