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Births.
The number of births registered in the Borough during the
year was 6233 (3157 Males and 3076 females) ; but of this total
1221 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 254 West Ham women were
confined outside the Borough. Suitable adjustment makes the
net West Ham Births 5266 (2695 Males and 2571 Females) ;
123 of these (64 Males and 59 Females) were illegitimate.
Calculated on the Registrar General's estimate of the population
of the Borough at the middle of 1931, viz. 296,700, the Birth
Rate for the year was 17.7, the lowest ever recorded for West
Ham. The Birth Rate for the Great Towns was 16.0.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 2126,
but of these 214 occurred in persons not belonging to the Borough,
while the deaths of 1472 residents of West Ham occurred in
various institutions and districts elsewhere, making the total net
deaths attributable to the Borough number 3384, of which 1794
were males and 1590 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 11.4 per 1,000 of the estimated
population. The Death Rate for the Great Towns was 12.3.
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