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The returns received by the Medical Officer of Health do
not specify the number of illegitimate births that occurred
during the year.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Urban District last
year was 35, including 21 males and 14 females, and giving an
absolute annual death-rate of 9.55 per 1,000. Deducting three
deaths affecting persons not belonging to this district and adding
four deaths which occurred outside the district, viz., in the
Epping Workhouse, the corrected annual death-rate is found to
be 9.77 per 1,000, against 7.04 per 1,000 in the previous year, and
14.6 per 1,000 in 1896. Although the annual death-rate was
somewhat higher than in 1897, when the mortality was exceptionallv
low, it cannot be considered otherwise than satisfactory, when
compared with the much higher rates that prevail in most other
suburban districts, and notably in our great metropolis, which is
justly considered one of the healthiest cities in the world.
During the decennium 1886-95 the mean annual death-rate
for all England was 18.8 per 1,000, and 16.5 per 1,000 for the
Registration County of Essex.
Two persons not belonging to this district committed suicide
in the Forest, whilst the body of an unknown infant was found
in the river Lea. Only one illegimate infant figured on the death
register. Coroner's inquests were held in four cases of sudden
death. All the deaths were certified by medical men.
Seasonal Mortality.
Ten deaths occurred during the first quarter of the year, six
during the second quarter, eleven during the third and nine
during the last quarter of the year.