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West Ham 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table of Deaths during the year 1900, in the County Borough of West Ham Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages. | Mortality from | subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five years of age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases.' | Total | |||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| Stratford Ward | 729 | 289 | 107 | 22 | 27 | 198 | 86 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 29 | 89 | ... | ... | 1 | 70 | 6 | 12 | 165 | 396 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 61 | 99 | 26 | 16 | 114 | 333 | |||||||||
| Forest Gate Ward | 803 | 229 | 97 | 26 | 38 | 219 | 194 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 20 | 53 | 1 | ... | 2 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 165 | 326 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ... | 66 | 110 | 59 | 8 | 207 | 477 | |||||||||
| Plaistow Ward | 1390 | 576 | 259 | 64 | 42 | 286 | 163 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46 | 64 | 149 | ... | ... | 3 | 183 | 7 | 24 | 337 | 835 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 16 | 2 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ... | 68 | 132 | 60 | 9 | 236 | 555 | |||||||||
| Canning Town Ward | 1328 | 515 | 272 | 38 | 49 | 336 | 118 | Under 5 | ... | 4 | 42 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 46 | 60 | 154 | ... | ... | 1 | 152 | 1 | 29 | 295 | 787 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 56 | 177 | 56 | 28 | 184 | 541 | |||||||||
| Borough Hospital | 41 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 4 | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 1 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | |||||||||
| West Ham Hospital | 57 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 3 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 6 | 11 | 24 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 33 | |||||||||
| Seamen's Hospital | 61 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 50 | 3 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 61 | |||||||||
| St. Mary's Hospital | 102 | 50 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 1 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 12 | .. | 4 | 47 | 86 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |||||||||
| West Ham Workhouse | 476 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 21 | 227 | 170 | Under 5 | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 28 | 53 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 62 | 92 | 37 | 1 | 207 | 423 | |||||||||
| Totals | 4987 | 1694 | 842 | 183 | 193 | 1338 | 737 | Under 5 | ... | 12 | 109 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 132 | 173 | 468 | 1 | ... | 7 | 481 | 16 | 80 | 1048 | 2536 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | 3 | 45 | 4 | ... | 57 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 6 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 316 | 627 | 244 | 103 | 977 | 2451 | |||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also been taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 281 | 27 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 139 | 14 | Under 5 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 67 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 17 | 30 | 25 | 116 | 214 | |||||||||
| Deaths occurringwithinthe district among persons not belonging thereto. | 112 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 4 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | 14 | 26 | |
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 20 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 86 |
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