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Hornchurch 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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Deaths.
There were 301 deaths registered in the District during the
year, this number including 44 belonging to other districts.
The deaths of Hornchurch residents registered as having died
mother districts was 250.
By subtracting the former and adding the latter a corrected
total of 507 deaths is obtained.
The figures of Hornchurch residents' deaths which occurred in outside institutions was
| Oldchurch Hospital, Romford | 146 |
| Brentwood and Severalls Mental Hospitals | 5 |
| Orsett Institution | 13 |
| Other hospitals in Essex | 5 |
| Victoria Hospital, Romford | 4 |
| Romford Isolation Hospital | 9 |
| King George Hospital, Ilford | 10 |
| London Hospital | 9 |
| Other hospitals in London, etc. | 26 |
| Nursing Homes | 6 |
The percentage of deaths of Hornchurch residents occurring in
Hospitals or other institutions was 44.
The crude death rate calculated on a population of 59,910 was 8.4 per thousand estimated population.
| A comparison with previous years follows :— | |||
| 1934 | 8.4 | 1929 | 9.9 |
| 1933 | 7.8 | 1928 | 8.4 |
| 1932 | 7.9 | 1927 | 9.4 |
| 1931 | 8.4 | 1926 | 10.6 |
| 1930 | 8.2 | ||
Comparative Mortality after allowing for differences in the Population
Constitution.
The Registrar-General has supplied a comparability factor by
which the crude death rate is to be multiplied in order to give a
mortality figure which is strictly comparable with those of other
districts to which the same treatment has been applied.
The adjusted mortality rate for Hornchurch in the year 1935
thus obtained is 9.3.