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Illegitimate births numbered 37, being a percentage of
total births of 1.59 compared with the figures of 2.9 and 2.1
for the two preceding years, and 4 for England and Wales.
Even this low figure overstates the true illegitimate rate of
the district, as just over half of these infants were born to
mothers who had never been resident in the area but had
come down to relatives or friends for the birth of the child,
subsequently returning to their homes.
Marriages.
Marriages which actually took place in the Dagenham
Urban District 138
Marriages of Dagenham Residents solemnized at the
Registry Office, Romford:—
Both parties belonging to Dagenham 72
Male only „ „ „ 8
Female only „ „ „ 23
Death Rate.
Total Deaths in district 377
Transfers out of district 94
Inward transfers 357
Deaths of residents 640
Of the 94 deaths of non-residents occurring in the district,
65 took place at the West Ham Sanatorium and 19 in
Isolation Hospital.
Of the 357 deaths of local residents taking place outside
this area, most occurred in institutions. Of these 243 occurred
at Oldchurch Hospital, 13 at King George Hospital, Ilford, 11
at the London Hospital, 7 each at Queen Mary's Hospital,
Stratford, and Great Ormond Street Hospital, and 6 at St.
Mar'y s Hospital, Plaistow.
643 deaths in a population of 76,970 represents a death
rate of 8.3, as compared with 7.28 of the last year and 13.4
for England and Wales. Of these deaths only 22 per cent.
occurred in persons over 45, compared with 30 per cent. for
the year 1928, a fall accounted for by the influx of the young
adult population. That, in spite of this influx, the death rate
has risen suggests that the population figure on which the
rate is calculated is too low.