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Notification of Births.—Fourteen hundred and fifty-five
notifications of births were received during the year.
By medical practitioners 339
By midwives 1114
By parents and others 2
Deaths.—Fourteen hundred and sixty-eight deaths of Leyton
residents were registered during the year, including those of 141
males and 145 females (transferable deaths) who died outside the
area.
Males. Females. Total.
724 744 1468
The death rate per 1000 of the population was thus 11.67.
Death rate, Leyton 11.67
„ ,, 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns 12.2
„ „ London 12.2
„ ,, England and Wales 12.3
The figure of 1468 registered deaths represents a increase of
127 (about 9.47 per cent.) when compared with the corresponding
number(1341)registered during the previous year.
The following list shows the increase or decrease in the number
of deaths from the various causes in 1933 as compared with 1932:—
Decrease.
Increase.
—
+
Measles
27
-
Scarlet Fever
1
-
Whooping Cough
1
-
Diphtheria
-
4
Influenza
-
36
Encephalitis Lethargica
—
1
Cerehro - Spinal Fever
-
1
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System
—
12
Other Tuberculous Diseases
-
4
Syphilis
-
1
General paralysis of the insane tabes
dorsalis
2
-
Cancer, malignant disease
—
21
Diabetes
-
1
Cerebral hæmorrhage, etc.
-
39
Heart disease
-
46
Carried forward
31
166