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London Hospital, and 8 .at King George Hospital, 7 at Great
Onnond Street, 6 at Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, 4 at
St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow, and 4 at Sevcralls Mental Hospital.
505 deaths in a population of 00,500 represents a death rate
of 1.4 compared with 8.3 for last year and 11.4 for England and
Wales. Of these deaths 30% occurred in persons over 45, compared
with '22% for the previous year.
Now that the Estate has reached its full development in this
area, any further increase in population will, compared with the
increase that has occurred, he relatively small. The death rate
of the district has been low, owing to the age distribution of the
Estate population. This effect has also been shown by the small
proportion the deaths of persons over 15 bears to the total deaths.
Each year sees a number passing to the higher age-groups,
with their greater mortality rate, and so the death rate of any
particular section will rise steadily year by year ; as will also
the proportion of deat hs amongst those over 45. While the Estate
has been growing, this rise in death rate amongst, the earlier
residents lias been masked by the influx of the young adult population
into other sections of the Estate with a result that, for the
whole dist rict, the death rate has not markedly altered year by year,
From now onwards, however, this masking effect will be eliminated,
the effect being that the death rate for the whole district will
steadily rise and the proportion of deaths occurring amongst
persons over 15 will rise towards the normal percentage of 70.
Nic outlook at some future date will be determined by the provision
made for the present child population to remain in the
distriet. If there is no accommodation for them in this area, they
will move away, with a result, that, the death rate for the district
will tend to rise above that obtaining for the country as a whole,
when the present middle age population has passed into the age
groups ol higher mortality. This exodus might be limited to the
older children of the family. When the younger reach marriageable
age the house will be relatively less crowded. This generation,
marrying and carrying on the house will help to retain the normal
age distribution of the population.