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large towns including London. The rate compares with
that of 24.2, 26.5, 30.6, 23.8, 23.6, 20.4, 18.6 and 19.6
for the years 1927 to 1934 inclusive. The illegitimate
birth rate continues to be very low, being only 2.3 per
cent. of total births. The rate of illegitimate stillbirths
is 1.8 percent, of total stillbirths, there being only one
illegitimate stillbirth.
The birth rates of Dagenham since its inception as
an Urban District have been high; the rates are
largely due to the fact that approximately 90 per cent.
of the population are under the age of 40 years.

Of the 85 deaths of non-residents occurring in the
district, 50 took place at the West Ham Sanatorium
and 13 at the Joint Isolation Hospital.
Of the 352 deaths of local residents taking place
outside this area, most occurred in institutions. Of
these, 211 occurred at Oldchurch Hospital, 31 at King
George Hospital, Ilford, 12 at the London Fever
Hospital, four at East Ham Memorial Hospital, five
at Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, 13 at Orsett Lodge
and six at Mental Hospitals.
565 deaths in a population of 100,300 represents a
death rate of 5.63 compared with 11.7 for England
and Wales. For the years from 1927 to 1934 inclusive,
the local rates were 7.0, 7.3, 8.3, 6.6, 7.2, 6.5, 6.5 and 6.6.
A table giving the causes of death, and the age
periods at which they occurred, is given at the end of
the report.