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the true state of affairs was that of the population of 89,362, 44,870
were males and 44,492 females and the under-15 population was
41 per cent. of the total. These results agree sufficiently to allow
of one accepting that the condition of affairs assumed to exist for
each of the past five years was a close enough approximation to
the true state as to need no alteration in its presentation.
1924 births were registered during the year. The birth rate
per 1,000 population was thus 20.4, compared with 15.3 for
England and Wales, and with local rates of 24.2, 26.5, 30.6, 23.8
and 23.56 for the last five years.
At the time of the Census, there were 15,300 married women
between the ages of 15 and 44 out of a total population of 89,362.
In the administrative county of Essex there were 158,769 married
women at these ages out of a total population of 1,198,672. The
local birth rate for the year 1931 was 23.56 per 1,000 population,
the corresponding rate for Essex being 16.1. Were the local distribution
of population the same as that obtaining in the entire
County of Essex, the birth rate would have been 20.6 per 1,000
population against the actual figure for 1931 of 23.56.
Death Rate.
Total Deaths in district 315
Outward transfers 74
Inward transfers 369
Deaths of residents 614
Of the 74 deaths of non-residents occurring in the district,
50 took place at the West Ham Sanatorium and 8 at the Isolation
Hospital.
Of the 369 deaths of local residents taking place outside this
area, most occurred in institutions. Of these, 248 occurred at
Oldchurch Hospital, 24 at King George Hospital, Ilford, 7 at Sevcralls
Mental Hospital, 6 at East Ham Memorial Hospital, 5 at London
Hospital, 5 at the London Fever Hospital, 5 at Queen Marys
Hospital, Stratford, and 4 at St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow.
614 deaths in a population of 94,000 represents a death rate
of 6.5, compared with 12.0 for England and Wales, and figures o
7.0, 7.3, 8.3, 6.6 and 7.19 for the last five years.
Hitherto, owing to the fact that the age distribution of the
population was unknown, in fact, the hypothetical figure being
obtained by making use of the deaths in each age group, it has
been impossible to standardise the death rate.
Births.