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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

West Ham 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: The following Table shows West Ham Births and Deaths with their respective ratesduring the past 11 years.

The following Table shows West Ham Births and Deaths with their respective rates

during the past 11 years.

Year.Births.Birth-rate per 1,000.Deaths.Death-rate, per 1,000.
18836,014422,69319
18846,56343.73,05720
18856,54741.93,50322
18867,07541.63,15118.5
18876,86539.13,28618.7
18886,86738.52,848l8
18896,94733.52,88318
18907,06338.53,97721.7
18917,91138.23,95219.1
18928,01336.94,01918.6
18938,02635.34,56520

Table: Chief Zymotic Deaths and Zymotic Death-rate during past 11 years.

Chief Zymotic Deaths and Zymotic Death-rate during past 11 years.

Year.No. of Deaths from chief Zymotic Diseases.Zymotic Death-rate, per 1,000.Remarks
18834202.9
18846964.6Small-pox epidemic.
18851,0146.3Small-pox epidemic.
18865633.3
18874605.2Half-year only.
18884662.6Notification introduced.
18893521.9
18907524.1Measles epidemic.
18914892.3
18927213.3Scarlatina epidemic.
18939134Small-pox & Whooping-cough.