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

  • West Ham (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths. The number of deaths registered in the Borough during the year was 1,779, but of these 195 occurred in persons not belong ing to the Borough, while the deaths of 1,502 residents of West Ham occurred in various institutions and districts elsewhere, making the total net deaths attributable to the Borough number 3,086, of which 1,004 were males and 1,422 females. The allocation of these deaths to their different causes will he found later in this Report, but the grand total from a1l causes gives an annual Death Rate of 11.6 per 1,000 of the estimated population. The Death Rate for the Great Towns was 12.8. Deaths in Public Institutions. The great use made of the facilities for Institutional treatment is shown by the subjoined table, viz.: Deaths in Council's Institutions. Under 1 year 1 year & upwards Whipps Cross Hospital 45 502 Central Home 1 420 Harold Wood Hospital — 30 Dagenham Sanatorium and Hospital — 49 West Ham Mental Hospital — 49 Plaistow Fever Hospital 9 44 Forest Gate Hospital 10 16 Deaths in other Institutions. Under 1 year 1 year & upwards Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End 10 64 St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow 37 16 Plaistow Maternity Hospital 29 - Royal Albert Dock Hospital - 12 Children's Hospital, Balaam Street 17 5 Other places, e.g. Docks, etc. 1 16 Residents dying in outside Institutions 55 285 TOTAL 214 1574 Non-residents dying in West Ham Institutions 48 147 166 1427 Net West Ham Deaths occurring in Institutions 1593 The above figures show that over 51 per cent. of the deaths occurring in West Ham took place in public institutions. 29