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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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preference for a figure which shall err on. the side of under-estimating
the population than over-estimating it, the latter course merelyresulting
in 10 years' false feeling of security followed by a rude
awakening.
I therefore use for the purpose of this Report, and indeed have
so used throughout the year in my regular reports, the figure 240,000
as the population of the Borough at the middle of 1896, which allows
51 persons to an acre.
separate district, Too much reliance must not be placed, therefore, upon the ratio for the localities given below:—
| Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Division | Stratford | 1,650 | 31.6 |
| Forest Gate | 1,643 | ||
| Plaistow Ward | 2,740 | 37.2 | |
| Canning Town Ward | 2,486 | 30.9 | |