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figures for other districts for the year under review are
not to hand, but it would surprise me to learn that there
is another large town in the country with a rate as low
as that of Dagenham. The rate of illegitimate stillbirths
is 6.25 per cent. of total stillbirths.
The birth rates of Dagenham since its inception as
an Urban District have been high; it is somewhat
surprising that the high level is being maintained for so
long as the ageing of the population would be expected
to diminish this rate. In other words, a number of
persons of the reproductive age must necessarily have
passed that stage of development.
Death Rate.
Total deaths in district 361
Outward transfers 69
Inward transfers 364
Deaths of residents 656
Of the 69 deaths of non-residents occurring in the
district, 49 took place at the West Ham Sanatorium
and 13 at the Joint Isolation Hospital.
Of the 364 deaths of local residents taking place
outside this area, most occurred in institutions. Of
these, 204 occurred at Oldchurch Hospital, 31 at King
George Hospital, Ilford, five at the London Fever
Hospital, three at East Ham Memorial Hospital, one at
Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, five at The London
Hospital, 26 at Orsett Lodge and five at Mental
Hospitals.
656 deaths in a population of 102,000 represent a
death rate of 6.43 compared with 12.1 for England and
Wales. For the years from 1927 to 1935 inclusive, the
local rates were 7.0, 7.3, 8.3, 6.6, 7.2, 6.5, 6.5, 6.6 and
5.63.
A table giving the causes of death, and the age
periods at which they occurred, is given at the end of
the report.