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West Ham 1909

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

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During the year 1909, 365 notifications of Phthisis in Poor Law
cases were received. The total number of deaths from Phthisis in the
whole Borough was 367, equal to a death.rate of 1.17 per 1,000, while
the deaths from other tubercular diseases numbered 138, equal to a
death.rate of 0.44 per 1,000. During the previous 10 years the average
death.rate from Phthisis was 1 *25 per 1,000 and that of other tubercular
diseases was 0'60 per 1,000.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The population of the Borough at the Census in 1901 was
267,358. The number of inhabited houses was 41,433, giving 6.4
persons to each house. The Registrar.General's estimate of the
population at the middle of 1909 was 328,585.

The area of the Borough is 4,706 acres, so that at the Census in 1901 there were 56.8 persons to the acre. Below is given the areas of the wards of the Borough (excluding water) and the population per acre in each ward at Census year :-

Ward.Area in Acres.Persons per Acre.
New Town404.645.3
Forest Gate256.677.7
High Street550.434.5
Broadway171.691.6
Park262.058.3
Upton270.865.1
West Ham301.0105.1
Plaistow355.875.1
Hudsons448.852.8
Canning Town474.450.9
Tidal Basin274.2106.2
Custom House684.238.5