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West Ham 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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The deaths in children under one year of age per 1,000 births
numbered 175, while for the whole of England and Wales they
numbered 156, and for the 33 largest towns, 177, the position of West
Ham being fourteenth on the list of large towns. The percentage of
The percentage of children under 13 years to total population of the foregoing areas is shown below:—
| District. | Children under 13 years. Per cent. of total population of area. |
|---|---|
| Woodgrange Area | 20 per cent. |
| Stratford Marsh Area | 47.6 |
| Bidder Street ,, | 48.9 |
| Croydon Road ,, | 43.8 |
| Hallesville ,, | 37.3 |
| West Silvertown ,, | 38.1 |
| Mid.Silvertown ,, | 385 |
| East Silvertown „ | 34.7 |
Chief Zymotic Diseases.—The seven chief zymotic diseases,
which include small-pox, scarlatina, diphtheria, fever, measles,
whooping cough, and diarrhoea, caused 953 deaths, giving an annual
zymotic death-rate of 3.6 per 1,000. This, although .3 per 1,000
below that of last year, is .3 per 1,000 above the mean zymotic death.
rate of the last 10 years, which averaged 33 per 1,000, and compares
unfavourably with the rates recorded during 1897 for England and
Wales (2.1), the 33 largest towns (2.8), and London (2.5). Last year
I had to report that our zymotic death.rate was the highest, with one
exception, of all the large towns, while this year our rate was exceeded
by eight, viz., Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Hull,
Bolton, Preston, Burnley, Wolverhampton.