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BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in Ilford during the year
was 1,490. Of these 762 were of males and 728 of females.
12 males and 16 females born were illegitimate. After allowing
for births occurring in other districts and properly belonging
to Ilford there is a nett total of 1,505 births. This is practically
the same number as was recorded last year in spite of
an estimated increase in the nett population from 79,459 to
82,098. The birth-rate as calculated on the latter estimate
(which excludes Claybury and West Ham Asylums) is 18.3.
The decline in the birth-rate during the last six years is
shown in the following list:—
1909 birth-rate 23.0
1910 22.9
1911 21.0
1912 19.2
1913 18.9
1914 18.3
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered in the district
during the year was 926. 352 deaths are those of nonresidents
registered within the district (principally in the large
institutions), and must be subtracted from the total.
These deaths occurred as follows:—
In Claybury (L.C.C.) Asylum
251
In West Ham Borough Asylum
87
Deaths in the district of other non-residents
14
Total
352
To be added to the total are 147 deaths of Ilford residents
registered as having died in other districts.