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POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
I estimated the population at 108,000 in the middle of the
year. This figure takes into consideration the large number of
empty houses and the fact that the number of houses erected
and declared fit for human habitation of recent years has
steadily decreased. My estimate does not agree with that of
the "Registrar-General, but if we take his figure, viz., 118,000,
our Death Rate is reduced from 12.2 to the 11.2, which was
our figure for 1905.
Coming to the figures then, they are as follows :—
BIRTHS.
Total 3344 (1723 males, 1621 females), of which 79 males
and 77 females were illegitimate, 26 of which died under one
year of age. The chief causes of death were 10 from diarrhoea
and 5 from wasting disease, doubtless aided by improper feeding.
This gives an increase over the Births of 1905 of 135 (54
males, 81 females).
Births in Union Workhouse included in above, 93 males, 84
females—177.
BIRTH RATE.
Per 1000 of a population of 108,000 = 30.9 against the 30.5
of 1905.
DEATHS.
2355, of which 1327 belong to the District and include those
of inhabitants who died in the West Ham Infirmary, Workhouse,
or Schools, but not those, unless belonging to Leyton, which
occurred in the Bakers' Almshouses or Bethnal Green Schools.
Of the 1327 666 were males and 661 females.