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Vital Statistics.
Total Male Female
Live Births
Legitimate 4225 2187 2038
Illegitimate 108 49 59 i
Birth Rate 15.6
Still Births, 140 Rate per 1,000 total. (live and still) births, 31.2
Deaths, 3,219 Death Rate, 11.6
Deaths from diseases and
accidents of pregnancy
and child birth
from Sepsis 4
from other causes 5
= Maternal Mortality Rate 2.01
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 94
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 15
Deaths from Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years of age) 31
Death Rate of Inlants under one year of age—
All infants per 1,000 live births 65.5
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate births 64.6
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate births 101.8
In the case of the Great Towns the Birth Rate was 14.7, the
Death Rate 11.8, and the Infant Mortality Rate 63, whereas the
Maternal Mortality Rate for England and Wales was 4.41.
Vital Statistics of the Wards of the Borough, 1934.
Wards.
Births
Birth Rate
Deaths
Death Rate
Infant Deaths
Infant Mortality
per 1,000 births
Natural increase
Births over
Deaths
Estimated
resident
population
middle of 1934
New Town
263
16.06
214
13.06
17
64
49
16,374
Forest Gate
243
13.81
210
11.94
14
57
33
17,585
High Street
267
16.22
174
10.57
20
74
93
16,458
Broadway
215
16.04
171
12.76
13
60
44
13,398
Park
256
17.70
184
12.72
13
50
72
14,461
Upton
226
14.33
197
12.49
12
53
29
15,762
Plashet Road
241
17.85
160
11.85
10
41
81
13,499
West Ham
234
15.66
200
13.39
19
81
34
14,933
Plaistow
296
15.83
193
10.32
16
54
103
18,698
Bemersyde
181
14.62
131
10.58
11
60
50
12,372
Canning Town and
Grange
350
13.57
282
10.93
28
80
68
25,778
Hudsons
313
16.23
231
11.97
22
70
82
12,283
Ordnance
261
14.45
192
10.63
20
76
69
18,057
Beckton Road
295
15.89
211
11.36
20
67
84
18,562
Tidal Basin
386
17.83
265
12.24
30
77
121
21,645
Custom House and
Silvertown
306
15.85
204
10.57
19
63
102
19,285
County Borough
4,333
15.6
3,219
11.6
284
65.5
1,114
276,150
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