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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Historical local government district in the extreme south west of Essex</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/HE1080991_Old_Town_Hall_Stratford_%281%29.jpg/480px-HE1080991_Old_Town_Hall_Stratford_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7699" data-file-height="6874" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Stratford_Town_Hall" title="Stratford Town Hall">Stratford Town Hall</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_ham_essex_1961.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/West_ham_essex_1961.png/300px-West_ham_essex_1961.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/West_ham_essex_1961.png/450px-West_ham_essex_1961.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/West_ham_essex_1961.png/600px-West_ham_essex_1961.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="943" /></a></span><br /><i>West Ham within Essex in 1961</i><br /></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • 1861</span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,667 acres (18.9 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-vch2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1911</span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,683 acres (19.0 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-vision_pop_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vision_pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1931/1961</span></th><td class="infobox-data">4,689 acres (19.0 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-vision_pop_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vision_pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1861</span></th><td class="infobox-data">38,331<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1911</span></th><td class="infobox-data">289,030<sup id="cite_ref-vision_pop_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vision_pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1931</span></th><td class="infobox-data">294,278<sup id="cite_ref-vision_pop_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vision_pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1961</span></th><td class="infobox-data">157,367<sup id="cite_ref-vision_pop_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vision_pop-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Density</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1861</span></th><td class="infobox-data">8/acre</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1911</span></th><td class="infobox-data">62/acre</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1931</span></th><td class="infobox-data">63/acre</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • 1961</span></th><td class="infobox-data">34/acre</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Origin</span></th><td class="infobox-data">West Ham ancient parish</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Created</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1856</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Abolished</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1965</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">London Borough of Newham</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">Civil parish</a> (until 1965)<br /><a href="/wiki/Local_board_of_health_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Local board of health district">Local board of health district</a> (1856–1886)<br /><a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">Municipal borough</a> (1886–1889)<br /><a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">County borough</a> (1889–1965)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data">West Ham Local Board (1856–1886)<br />West Ham Borough Council (1886–1965)<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">HQ</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Town Hall, Broadway, <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a> (1869–1965)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • <a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Deo Confidimus (We trust in God)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Ham_arms.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Arms of the county borough corporation"><img alt="Arms of the county borough corporation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/West_Ham_arms.png/150px-West_Ham_arms.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/West_Ham_arms.png/225px-West_Ham_arms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/West_Ham_arms.png/300px-West_Ham_arms.png 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="500" /></a></span><br /><i>Arms of the county borough corporation</i><br /></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>West Ham</b> was a local government district in the extreme south west of <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> from 1886 to 1965, forming part of the built-up area of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, although outside the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a>. It was immediately north of the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> and east of the <a href="/wiki/River_Lea" title="River Lea">River Lea</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Area_and_boundaries">Area and boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Area and boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The borough included <a href="/wiki/Plaistow,_Newham" title="Plaistow, Newham">Plaistow</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Ham" title="West Ham">West Ham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stratford,_London" title="Stratford, London">Stratford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canning_Town" title="Canning Town">Canning Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silvertown" title="Silvertown">Silvertown</a> – all of the current-day London Borough of Newham west of <a href="/wiki/Green_Street,_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Street, London">Green Street</a>. At the time of the 1901 census it was the ninth most populous town or district in England with a population of 267,308.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough formed part of London's built-up area, was part of the <a href="/wiki/London_postal_district" title="London postal district">London postal district</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police_District" title="Metropolitan Police District">Metropolitan Police District</a>. </p><p>From 1934 to 1965 it was surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_East_Ham" title="County Borough of East Ham">County Borough of East Ham</a> to the east, the municipal boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Wanstead_and_Woodford" title="Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford">Wanstead and Woodford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Leyton" title="Municipal Borough of Leyton">Leyton</a> to the north, and the metropolitan boroughs of <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Poplar" title="Metropolitan Borough of Poplar">Poplar</a> to the west and <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Greenwich" title="Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich">Greenwich</a> to the south. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Predecessors">Predecessors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Predecessors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West Ham underwent rapid growth from 1844 following the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Building_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan Building Act">Metropolitan Building Act</a>. The Act restricted dangerous and noxious industries from operating in the metropolitan area, the eastern boundary of which was the <a href="/wiki/River_Lea" title="River Lea">River Lea</a>. Consequently, many of these activities were relocated to the other side of the river and to West Ham, then a parish in Essex centred on <a href="/wiki/All_Saints_Church,_West_Ham" title="All Saints Church, West Ham">All Saints Church, West Ham</a>. As a result, West Ham became one of Victorian Britain's major manufacturing centres for pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and processed foods. This rapid growth earned it the name "London over the border".<sup id="cite_ref-charter_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charter-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The growth of the town was summarised by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> in 1886: </p> <blockquote><p><i>"Factory after factory was erected on the marshy wastes of Stratford and Plaistow, and it only required the construction at Canning Town of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Docks" title="Royal Docks">Victoria and Albert Docks</a> to make the once desolate parish of West Ham a manufacturing and commercial centre of the first importance and to bring upon it a teeming and an industrious population."</i><sup id="cite_ref-charter_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charter-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Many workers lived in slum conditions close to where they worked, leading to periodic outbreaks of contagious diseases and severe poverty. It had become apparent that local government in the parish of West Ham was not adequate to meet the needs of the area which was divided between the parish vestry, <a href="/wiki/Highway_district" title="Highway district">highway board</a> and the Havering and Dagenham Commissioners of Sewers. Problems centred on provision of adequate paving, water supply, fire fighting and control of development. In 1853 a group of ratepayers initiated moves to improve local administration. This led to a public enquiry by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>' brother Alfred, a medical officer, who published a report in 1855 severely critical of conditions in the slum areas.<sup id="cite_ref-charter_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charter-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Accordingly, the <a href="/wiki/Local_board_of_health#Public_Health_Act_1848" title="Local board of health">Public Health Act 1848</a> was applied to the parish, and a <a href="/wiki/Local_board_of_health" title="Local board of health">local board of health</a> was formed in 1856. The board had 15 members: 12 elected and 3 nominated by the Commissioners of Sewers.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>West Ham received representation as a parliamentary borough as part of the <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">Redistribution of Seats Act 1885</a>, with one MP each for the <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Ham North (UK Parliament constituency)">West Ham North</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)">West Ham South</a> divisions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incorporation">Incorporation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Incorporation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg/220px-West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg/330px-West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg/440px-West_Ham_CP_Ward_Map_1867.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="663" data-file-height="981" /></a><figcaption>A map showing the wards of West Ham Civil Parish as they appeared in 1867.</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 1878 the inhabitants of the parish decided to petition the <a href="/wiki/Privy_council" title="Privy council">privy council</a> for a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">charter</a>, incorporating the town as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was in reaction to proposals to enlarge the area governed by the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Board_of_Works" title="Metropolitan Board of Works">Metropolitan Board of Works</a> to include adjoining districts with a population of 50,000 or more: the primary aim of incorporation was to prevent the inclusion of West Ham in an enlarged London municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-charter_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charter-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This initial application was unsuccessful. However, encouraged by the 1883 incorporation of <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_Croydon" title="County Borough of Croydon">Croydon</a>, a second petition was submitted in May 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following an inquiry in October 1885, a scheme for the creation of the borough and dissolution of the board of health was made in June and the charter was granted in July 1886.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-incorp_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-incorp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A corporation consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>, 12 <a href="/wiki/Alderman" title="Alderman">aldermen</a> and 36 councillors replaced the board, with the first elections held on 1 November.<sup id="cite_ref-charter_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charter-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first mayor was John Meeson, head of a local lime burning and cement making firm, and a former chairman of West Ham Local Board.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first female mayor was <a href="/wiki/Daisy_Parsons" title="Daisy Parsons">Daisy Parsons</a> in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-wales_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wales-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="County_borough">County borough</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: County borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1888" title="Local Government Act 1888">Local Government Act 1888</a> created elected <a href="/wiki/County_council" title="County council">county councils</a> to administer services throughout England and Wales. Where a municipal borough had a population of more than 50,000 at the 1881 <a href="/wiki/Census_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Census in the United Kingdom">Census</a> it was created a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, with the powers and duties of both a borough and county council. </p><p>As West Ham had an 1881 population of 128,953 it duly became a county borough on 1 April 1889. The borough, while independent of Essex County Council for local government, remained part of the county for purposes such as the administration of justice and <a href="/wiki/Lord_lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord lieutenant">lieutenancy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Utilities">Utilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The borough acquired the horse-drawn <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">tram</a> services in its area in 1898, electrified them in 1904, and extended the network. There was also through running of the corporation trams and those of the <a href="/wiki/London_County_Council_Tramways" title="London County Council Tramways">London County Council</a> system. <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_Corporation_Tramways" title="West Ham Corporation Tramways">West Ham Corporation Tramways</a> operated 134 tram cars on 16.27 miles (26.2 km) of tracks when they became the responsibility of the <a href="/wiki/London_Passenger_Transport_Board" title="London Passenger Transport Board">London Passenger Transport Board</a> in 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough ran its own fire brigade which was absorbed into the <a href="/wiki/London_Fire_Brigade" title="London Fire Brigade">London Fire Brigade</a> in 1965. The corporation's electricity generation and supply undertaking was nationalised in 1948, when it was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/London_Electricity_Board" title="London Electricity Board">London Electricity Board</a>. </p><p>Following the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1929" title="Local Government Act 1929">Local Government Act 1929</a> the Council took over responsibility for certain health services, such as the large Whipps Cross Hospital in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Leyton" title="Leyton">Leyton</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Whipps_Cross_University_Hospital" title="Whipps Cross University Hospital">Whipps Cross University Hospital</a>) which they developed until it passed into the new <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">National Health Service</a> in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Borough_council">Borough council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Borough council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_West_Ham_Borough_Council,_1886-7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/First_West_Ham_Borough_Council%2C_1886-7.jpg/220px-First_West_Ham_Borough_Council%2C_1886-7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/First_West_Ham_Borough_Council%2C_1886-7.jpg/330px-First_West_Ham_Borough_Council%2C_1886-7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/First_West_Ham_Borough_Council%2C_1886-7.jpg/440px-First_West_Ham_Borough_Council%2C_1886-7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="738" /></a><figcaption>* Top row: <b>Councillors</b> W Crow, T Knight, T Anderson, A Govier, J H Pavitt, W Lewis, C Mansfield, H Wagstaff, J Cook * Second row:<b>Councillors</b> H Young, J Maw(?) E Fulcher, R Fielder, E Jex, S Vinicombe, E E Barnett, J H Bethell, F Hammersley * Third row: <b>Councillors</b> G H Courtney(?) W Hands, G W Kidd, R Wortlet, H Callaghan, R White, WH Medcalf, M Adamson, F Smith * Seated: <b>Aldermen</b> H Pillips, J Scully, W Deason(?) G Hay, J Meeson (<b>Mayor</b>) G Rivett, H Worland, C Stoner, H Barry(?), R L Curtis </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wards">Wards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the original charter the borough was divided into four <a href="/wiki/Ward_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (politics)">wards</a>: Canning Town, Forest Gate, Plaistow and Stratford. Each ward returned nine councillors, with three councillors elected in each ward for a three-year term on 1 November each year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the 36 directly-elected councillors there were also 12 aldermen, who were elected by the council itself, giving the town council a total membership of 48.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1899 the wards were redrawn: the borough was divided into 12 wards, each returning 3 councillors. The number of councillors remained at 36.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1899 wards were as follows: No.1 or New Town, No.2 or Forest Gate, No.3 or High Street, No.4 or Broadway, No.5 or Park, No.6 or Upton, No.7 or West Ham, No.8 or Plaistow, No.9 or Hudsons, No.10 or Canning Town, No.11 or Tidal Basin and No.12 or Custom House & Silvertown.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1922 the number of wards was increased to sixteen, each represented by three councillors and one alderman. The size of the council was thus increased to sixty-four members. The names of the wards, which continued in use until 1965, were: Beckton Road, Bemersyde, Broadway, Canning Town & Grange, Custom House & Silvertown, Forest Gate, High Street, Hudsons, Newtown, Ordnance, Park, Plaistow, Plashet Road, Tidal Basin, Upton and West Ham.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The borough was notable for having the first <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> controlled council in England. Following the <a href="/wiki/London_Dock_Strike_of_1889" class="mw-redirect" title="London Dock Strike of 1889">London Dock Strike of 1889</a>, a number of Socialists and <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(London)" title="Progressive Party (London)">Progressives</a> were elected to the council, formally becoming the Labour Group in 1897. The Group gained a majority on the town council in 1898. In reaction to this, a Municipal Alliance was formed by the West Ham Ratepayers Association and Chamber of Commerce to oppose the Labour Party. In 1900 they gained parity with Labour on the council and in the following year they took control.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Municipal Alliance retained power until 1910 when a Labour-Progressive coalition replaced it. Two years later Municipal Alliance councillors regained a narrow majority, which they held at the 1913 election.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elections were suspended for the duration of the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, and at the 1919 elections Labour won an overall majority which it retained for the rest of the borough's existence. The Labour majority was to increase over the years, with a small group of Ratepayers Association councillors supported by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> forming the opposition group. From 1947 the Conservatives contested elections in their own name, but after 1954 had no councillors elected. From 1954 to 1960 Labour held all the seats on the council, after which a number of <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> councillors formed a minority group.<sup id="cite_ref-vch_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vch-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Ham_coat_of_arms,_East_London_cemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/West_Ham_coat_of_arms%2C_East_London_cemetery.jpg/253px-West_Ham_coat_of_arms%2C_East_London_cemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="253" height="251" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/West_Ham_coat_of_arms%2C_East_London_cemetery.jpg/380px-West_Ham_coat_of_arms%2C_East_London_cemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/West_Ham_coat_of_arms%2C_East_London_cemetery.jpg/506px-West_Ham_coat_of_arms%2C_East_London_cemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="625" data-file-height="620" /></a><figcaption>The coat of arms displayed on a war memorial at <a href="/wiki/East_London_Cemetery" title="East London Cemetery">East London Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The coat of arms was granted by the <a href="/wiki/College_of_Arms" title="College of Arms">College of Arms</a> on 14 January 1887. The chevrons on the lower portion represent Stratford, taken from the device of <a href="/wiki/Stratford_Langthorne_Abbey" title="Stratford Langthorne Abbey">Stratford Langthorne Abbey</a>. At the top right, there are crossed hammers, representing the <a href="/wiki/Thames_Ironworks_and_Shipbuilding_Company" title="Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company">Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company</a> – the borough's main employer. The ship is representative of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Docks" title="Royal Docks">Royal Docks</a>, and the area's long association with the sea. The Latin motto "<i>Deo Confidimus</i>" at the base translates as "<i>In God We Trust</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abolition_and_inclusion_in_Greater_London">Abolition and inclusion in Greater London</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Abolition and inclusion in Greater London"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The omission of West Ham from the London-administered <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_Management_Act_1855" title="Metropolis Management Act 1855">metropolitan area</a>, which took in nearby places such as <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Woolwich" title="Woolwich">Woolwich</a>, was first commented on in 1855 and West Ham Council later considered the case for inclusion in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_London" title="County of London">County of London</a> in 1895 and 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_west_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit_west-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reluctance to proceed with amalgamation was largely explained by lack of perceived support, fear of financial disadvantage caused by increased rates, the detrimental effect of London planning laws on industry, and the desire to retain the independent civic institutions and privileges attached to county borough status.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_west_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit_west-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Commission_on_Local_Government_in_Greater_London" title="Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London">Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London</a> reviewed the local government arrangements of the <i>Greater London Conurbation</i> and in 1965 the county borough, and the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough_of_East_Ham" title="County Borough of East Ham">County Borough of East Ham</a>, were abolished and their former area was amalgamated with small parts of <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Borough_of_Barking" title="Municipal Borough of Barking">Barking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Woolwich" title="Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich">Woolwich</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham" title="London Borough of Newham">London Borough of Newham</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>McDougall, Donald (1936): <i>Fifty Years a Borough, 1886-1936: The Story of West Ham</i>, ASIN: B000LFZWAC</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Borough_of_West_Ham&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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