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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1903 and Previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | Number. | Rate.* | ||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate. * | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 1893 | 218,880 | 8,026 | 36.6 | 1,387 | 172 | 4,106 | 18.7 | 136 | 31 | 490 | 4,565 | 20.8 | |
| 1894 | 225,095 | 8,089 | 35.4 | 1,123 | 139 | 3,522 | 15.6 | 80 | 47 | 551 | 4,026 | 17.8 | |
| 1895 | 231,300 | 8,591 | 37.1 | 1,452 | 169 | 4,085 | 17.6 | 89 | 39 | 610 | 4,656 | 20.1 | |
| 1896 | 237,512 | 8,519 | 35.8 | 1,392 | 163 | 3,857 | 16.2 | 119 | 44 | 582 | 4,395 | 18.5 | |
| 1897 | 243,721 | 8,761 | 35.9 | 1,486 | 169 | 3,964 | 16.2 | 162 | 57 | 579 | 4,486 | 18.4 | |
| 1898 | 249,932 | 8,750 | 31.0 | 1,467 | 167 | 4,053 | 16.2 | 194 | 65 | 606 | 4,594 | 18.3 | |
| 1899 | 256,143 | 8,779 | 34.2 | 1,726 | 196 | 4,642 | 18.1 | 249 | 91 | 662 | 5,213 | 20.3 | |
| 1900 | 262,351 | 8,885 | 33.8 | 1,671 | 188 | 4,511 | 17.1 | 261 | 112 | 757 | 5,156 | 19.6 | |
| 1901 | 268,858 | 9,434 | 35. 0 | 1,589 | 168 | 4,208 | 15.6 | 234 | 114 | 816 | 4,910 | 18.2 | |
| 1902 | 275,408 | 9,553 | 34.0 | 1,382 | 144 | 4,015 | 14.2 | 321 | 131 | 974 | 4,858 | 17.3 | |
| Averages for years 1893. 1902 | 246,920 | 8,738 | 34.8 | 1,467 | 167 | 4,096 | 16.5 | 184 | 73 | 662 | 4,685 | 18.9 | |
| 1903 | 281,894 | 9,478 | 33.6 | 1,344 | 142 | 3,599 | 12.7 | 272 | 104 | 899 | 4,394 | 15.5 | |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated
per 1,000 of estimated population.
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