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SECTION I.— NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF
THE DISTRICT.
1. Physical Features and General Character of the
District.— Vide Annual Report, 1925.
2. Rainfall.— The total rainfall registered in the district
during the year was 21.74 inches.
The greatest fall in 24 hours was registered on 13th June,
being .90 inches.
The number of days on which rain fell was 144.
3. Population.
Census, 1911 78,188
Census, 1921 85,194 (including institutions)
Registrar-General's Estimate
on 30th June, 1928 113,500 ,, ,,
To obtain the net population, must be deducted the number
of patients and resident staff on the 30th June at the following
public institutions:—
Clay bury Mental Hospital 2,483
West Ham Mental Hospital 1,146
This makes a net population of 109,871.
4. Births.— The number of births registered during the
year was 1,739.
Legitimate 894 Males 810 Females
Illegitimate 17 ,, 18 ,,
i.e., 2.01 per cent, of the births registered were illegitimate.
The percentage of illegitimate births registered in the previous
10 years was:—2.65 in 1927; 2.25 in 1926; 3.37 in 1925; 2.16
in 1924; 2.5 in 1923; 2.5 in 1922; 2.5 in 1921; 3.1 in 1920; 5.8
in 1919; 4.2 in 1918.
The birth-rate, calculated on the net estimate of the population
of 109,871, is 15.8 per 1,000, as compared with 15.8 in 1927; 15.6
in 1926; 16.5 in 1925; 16.2 in 1924; 18.8 in 1923; 17.8 in 1922;
18.3 in 1921; 20.1 in 1920; 14.1 in 1919; 12.9 in 1918,