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Births
The number of births registered in the Borough during the
year was 6,443 (3,248 males and 3,195 females), but of this total
920 were children of non-residents, who came to be confined in
one or other of the Maternity Hospitals, or were confined while
visiting relatives or friends; while 243 West Ham women were
confined outside the Borough. Suitable adjustment makes the
net West Ham Births 5,766 (2,894 males and 2,872 females) ;
173 of these (74 males and 99 females) were illegitimate.
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Calculated on the Registrar General's estimate of the population
of the Borough at the middle of 1929, viz. 307,600, the Birth
Rate for the year was 18.7, the lowest ever recorded for West
Ham.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 2,563,
but of these 176 occurred in persons not belonging to the Borough,
while the deaths of 1,539 residents of West Ham occurred in
various institutions and districts elsewhere, making the total net
deaths attributable to the Borough number 3,926, of which 2,074
were males and 1,852 females.
The allocation of these deaths to their different causes will be
found later in this report, but the grand total of from all causes
gives an annual Death Rate of 12.7 per 1,000 of the estimated
population.
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