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The birth-rate, calculated on the Registrar-General's estimate
of the population of 82,693, is 20.1 per 1,000, as compared with
14.1 in 1919; 12.9 in 1918; 14.4 in 1917; 17.2 in 1916; 19.1 in
1915; 18.3 in 1914; 19.15 in 1913; 19.4 in 1912; 21.4 in 1911;
22.2 in 1910.
The birth-rate is therefore the highest that has been registered
since 1911; it is unlikely that the present rate will be maintained,
and I anticipate a considerable decline next year.
6. Deaths.—
The total number of deaths registered in the
district during the year was 894
Number of deaths of non-residents registered
in the district (principally in large institutions)
306
These deaths occurred as follows:—
In Claybury (L.C.C.) Mental Hospital 218
In West Ham Borough Mental Hospital 73
In Ilford Isolation Hospital and Sanatorium 3
In Ilford Emergency Hospital 2
Other non-residents 10
306
Included in the deaths of residents belonging to the district
are 27 which occurred in Dr. Barnardo's Village Homes.
To be added to the total are 160 deaths of Ilford residents
registered as having died in other districts. This figure includes
deaths at the following institutions:—
The Infirmary, Romford 50
The London Hospital 31
Essex County Mental Hospital 16
The Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond Street 5
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 4
Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham 3
In other Hospitals, Institutions and residences beyond
the Ilford District 51
Total 160
The total number of deaths accountable to Ilford is therefore
748.