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Births.
1,845 live births were registered during the year, there being
904 males and 941 females. There is a decrease of total births from
1,898 in 1942 to 1,845. The birth rate per thousand population was
19.83 compared with 16.5 for England and Wales and 18.6 for the 126
large towns, including London. The rate compares with that of
24.2, 26.5, 30.6, 23.8, 23.6, 20.4, 18.6, 19.6, 18.59, 18.47, 18.7, 18.06,
17.61, 18.77, 19.08 and 20.37 for the years 1927 to 1942 inclusive.
The illegitimate birth rate continues to be very low, being only
4.50 per cent. of total births. The rate of illegitimate stillbirths is
2.0 per cent. of total stillbirths.
Death Rate.
Total deaths in district 460
Outward transfers 120
Inward transfers 405
Deaths of residents 745
Of the 120 deaths of non-residents occurring in the district, 48
took place at the West Ham Sanatorium and 52 at the Joint Isolation
Hospital.
Of the 405 deaths of local residents taking place outside this
area, most occurred in institutions. Of these 186 occurred at Oldchurch
Hospital, 31 at Orsett Lodge, 27 at The Retreat, Gt. Burstead,
17 at the London Hospital, 15 at 48, Wood Street, Chelmsford, 13 at
King George Hospital, Ilford, seven at the Ilford Isolation Hospital,
seven at 32a, Spital Road, Maldon, six at East End Maternity Hospital,
five at Severalls Mental Hospital, five at Warley Wood Emergency
Hospital, four at New Hall, Boreham, and four at Warley Hospital.
742 deaths are equivalent to a death rate of 7.98 compared with
12.1 for England and Wales. For the years from 1927 to 1942 inclusive,
the local rates were 7.0, 7.3, 8.3, 6.6, 7.2, 6.5, 6.5, 6.6, 5.63, 6.43,
6.24, 6.19, 5.96, 8.90, 8.51 and 6.85.
A table giving the causes of death, and the age periods at which
they occurred, is given at the end of the report.