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Births.
2,043 live births were registered during the year, there being
1,094 males and 949 females. There is an increase of total births
from 1,845 in 1943 to 2,043. The birth rate per thousand population
was 22.26 compared with 17.6 for England and Wales and 20.3 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, 20.37 and 19.83 for the years 1927 to 1943 inclusive.
The illegitimate birth rate continues to be very low, being only
4.65 per cent, of total births. The rate of illegitimate stillbirths is
4.35 per cent, of total stillbirths.
Death Rate.
Total deaths in district 472
Outward transfers 101
Inward transfers 346
Deaths of residents 717
Of the 101 deaths of non-residents occurring in the district, 49
took place at the West Ham Sanatorium, 40 at the Joint Isolation
Hospital and four at Storrington Nursing Home.
Of the 346 deaths of local residents taking place outside this area,
most occurred in institutions. Of these 118 occurred at Oldchurch
Hospital, 23 at The Retreat, Great Burstead, 20 at 32a, Spital Road,
Mai don, 14 at King George Hospital, Ilford, 12 at 42, The Plain,
Epping, 10 at the London Hospital, seven at Warley Hospital, seven
at 14, Pope's Lane, Colchester, six at 48, Wood Street, Chelmsford,
six at 142, Rayne Road, Braintree, five at Ilford Isolation Hospital,
four at East End Maternity Hospital and four at Orsett Lodge.
717 deaths are equivalent to a death rate of 7.81 compared with
11.6 for England and Wales. For the years from 1927 to 1943
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, 6.85 and 7.98.
A table giving the causes of death, and the age periods at which
they occurred, is given at the end of the report.