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Hornchurch 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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| Rate per 1,000 | ||
| Deaths from Puerperal causes:— | Deaths. | total births. |
| No. 29. Puerperal Sepsis | 0 | 0 |
| No. 30. Other puerperal causes | 5 | 3.2 |
| Total | 5 | 3.2 |
Death rate of infants under one year of age:—
All infants per thousand live births 47.3
Legitimate infants per thousand legitimate live births 44.5
Illegitimate infants per thousand illegitimate live births 150.0
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 97
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 1
Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 14
In the following table the district as constituted at the 30th June, 1936, is shown divided into wards with their acreage and with the population which was enumerated at the census in 1931.
| Wards, as constituted at 30th June, 1936 | Acreage land and inland water. | Population census 1931. |
|---|---|---|
| Cranham | 5,110 | 1,703 |
| Emerson Park | 1,246 | 5,380 |
| Harold Wood | 2,160 | 3,661 |
| North West | 1,061 | 10,185 |
| Rainham | 4,546 | 4,256 |
| Thameside | 2,329 | 2,540 |
| Town | 1,177 | 6,420 |
| Upminster | 2,139 | 5,244 |
| Total | 19,768 | 39,389 |
In the Annual Report for the year 1936 a table was printed
showing the ages in groups and the marital condition of the population
of the District as ascertained at the 1931 Census.
The number of children in the District under 14 years of age
was found to be 260 per 1,000 total population and the corresponding
figure for the whole of the Administrative County was 228 per 1,000.