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West Ham 1937

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local illegitimate rates, such as those for West Ham or London,
and those for the country as a whole, since the local rates are
calculated on a very much smaller number of births and deaths.
Infants' deaths at ages. The actual numbers of deaths of
infants at different periods of the first year of life are set out for a
series of years in Tables XXVI. and XXVII. These tables will
be subjected to more detailed analysis later. Meanwhile, it may
be said that the table which deals with all infants shows that the
decrease in the infant mortality rate which has occurred since 1921

Table: Table XXV.Infant mortality bv legitimacy.

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Table XXV.

Infant mortality bv legitimacy.

Year	Rate per 1,000 live births
	West Ham			London			England and Wales
	Legitimate	Illegitimate	Total	Legitimate	Illegitimate	Total	Legitimate	Illegitimate	Total
1911			141	125	244	130	125	245	130
1912	_	—	103	87	209	91	91	181	95
1913	—	—	107	100	238	106	104	213	108
1914	—	—	107	98	260	104	100	207	1 05
1915	—	—	112	106	261	112	105	203	110
1916	_	_	100	83	231	89	87	183	91
1917	-	-	107	94	275	104	90	201	96
1918	109	239	115	97	260	108	91	186	97
1919	81	230	86	77	233	85	84	173	89
1920	70	159	74	71	197	76	76	156	80
1921	72	155	75	76	199	81	79	158	83
1922	79	140	81	71	163	75	7.4	139	77
1923	58	120	60	58	139	61	67	132	69
1924	77	124	78	66	144	69	73	133	75
1925	65	118	66	65	148	68	72	136	75
1926	61	117	62	60	150	64	68	130	70
1927	67	70	67	56	132	59	67	120	70
1928	62	145	64	63	145	67	63	115	65
1929	72	133	74	68	133	71	72	126	74
1930	62	97	63	56	114	59	58	105	60
1931	61	138	63	62	121	65	64	111	66
1932	70	125	72	63	137	67	63	112	65
1933	64	85	64	56	127	60	62	107	64
1934	65	102	66	64	130	67	57	95	59
1935	44	89	45	55	114	58	56	90	57
1936	68	188	70	63	114	66	57	88	59
1937	60	114	62	57	119	60	56	88	58

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Table: Table XXV.Infant mortality bv legitimacy.