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Births.
The number of births registered in the Borough during the
year was 5.740 (2,920 Males and 2,820 Females); but of this total
1,568 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 234 West Ham women were
confined outside the Borough. Suitable adjustment makes the
net West Ham Births 4,406 (2,243 Males and 2,163 Females) ;
117 of these (65 Males and 52 Females) were illegitimate.
Calculated on the Registrar General's estimate of the population
of the Borough at the middle of 1933, viz. 282,900, the Rate
for the year was 15.5, the lowest ever recorded for West Ham.
The Birth Rate for the Great Towns was 14.4.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 1,987,
but of these 202 occurred in persons not belonging to the Borough,
while the deaths of 1,528 residents of West Ham occurred in various
institutions and districts elsewhere, making the total net
deaths attributable to the Borough number 3,337, of which 1,843
were Males and 1,494 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 11.7 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
The Death Rate for the Great Towns was 12.2.