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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE.-I.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years.
| Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9 | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11 | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate. * 4 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | Number. 12 | Rate. * 13 | ||||||||
| Number. 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate.* 8 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 1903 | 281,894 | 9,478 | 33.6 | 1,344 | 142 | 3,599 | 12.7 | 272 | 104 | 899 | 4,394 | 15.5 | |
| 1904 | 288,428 | 9,276 | 32.1 | 1,467 | 158 | 3,980 | 13.7 | 259 | 65 | 956 | 4,836 | 16.7 | |
| 1905 | 294,997 | 9,018 | 30.5 | 1,341 | 148 | 3,750 | 12.7 | 274 | 90 | 914 | 4,574 | 15.5 | |
| 1906 | 301,617 | 9,193 | 30.4 | 1,270 | 138 | 3,709 | 12.2 | 328 | 120 | 1,021 | 4,610 | 15.2 | |
| 1907 | 302,484 | 8,759 | 28.9 | 1,078 | 123 | 3,442 | 11.3 | 301 | 84 | 1,054 | 4,412 | 14.5 | |
| 1908 | 307,334 | 9,214 | 29.9 | 1,089 | 118 | 3,414 | 11.1 | 258. | 72 | 1,022 | 4,364 | 14.2 | |
| Averages for years 1899. 1908 | 283,591 | 9,158 | 32.2 | 1,395 | 152 | 3,927 | 13.8 | 275 | 98 | 907 | 4,732 | 16.6 | |
| 1909 | 311,629 | 8,730 | 28.0 | 994 | 113 | 3,469 | 11.1 | 287 | 94 | 1,060 | 4,435 | 14.2 | |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated
per 1,000 of the estimated population.