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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 1900

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

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also be useful next year to compare these figures with those obtained
at the recent Census, and I trust you will empower me to apply to the
Superintending Registrar for this purpose. The tendency of many
occupiers, in replying to the questions of sanitary officials, lies rather in
the direction of understating the number of persons living in their
houses, and for this reason it is possible the following populations may
be under-estimated. If so, the death-rates calculated thereon will
appear higher than they actually were:—

Table: Particulars as to Population of Special Areas.

Particulars as to Population of Special Areas.

Street.No. of Houses.No. of Children under 13.No. of Persons over 13.Total Population.
Bidder Street Area.
Bidder Street138358505863
Charlotte Street226492156
Creek Street361218
Junction Street2774110184
Lea Street————
New Road2888115203
Quadrant Street.2765117182
Randall Street32911
Ship Street174660106
Shipwright Place312618
Shipwright Street2957117174
Stephenson Street75182296478
Tucker Street44145203348
Wellington Place4192109201
Wellington Street14336396
Wharf Street206586151
Totals4911,28919003,189