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Births.
The number of births registered in the Borough during the
year was 6453 (3338 Males and 3115 females; but of this total
1106 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 259 West Ham women were
confined outside the Borough. Suitable adjustment makes the
net West Ham Births 5,606 (2,897 Males and 2,709 Females);
134 of these (63 Males and 71 Females) were illegitimate.
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 18.2, the lowest ever recorded for West
Ham.
Deaths.
The number of death registered during the year was 2,070,
but of these 179 occurred in persons not belonging to the Borough,
while the deaths of 1,372 residents of West Ham occurred in
various institutions and districts elsewhere, making the total net
deaths attributable to the Borough number 3,263, of which 1,745
were males and 1,518 females.
The allocation of these deaths to their different causes will be
found later in this report, but the grand total from all causes
gives an annual Death Rate of 10.6 per 1,000 of the estimated
pulation.
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