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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Summary of Report for 1923.
1. GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area in statute acres (land and inland water), 3,324.
Population Census 1921, 143,246 (males 69,342, females
73,904).
Population adjusted to mid 1923, 146,200.
Ward Population.
Manor Park 14,866
Little Ilford 17,502
Woodgrange 13,854
Plashet 14,600
Kensington 12,868
Castle 15,320
Central 15,416
Wall End 14,972
Greatfield 11,594
South 15,208
Rateable Value:—
Borough Rate £584,000
Assessable Value:—
General District Rate £552,000
Sum represented by a Penny Rate:—
Borough Rate £2,409 net
General District Rate £,2,777 net
2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total number of births, 2,838 (males 1,436, females 1,402).
Total number of Illegitimate births, 57.
Birth-rate, 194.
Deaths, 1,319 (males 693, females 626).
Death-rate, 9.0.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth
from sepsis, 5; other causes, 5.