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In consequence of the slackness of work at
"Kynoch's," the population at Stanford-le-Hope
is stationary, and at Corringham and Horndon-onthe-Hill
has decreased.
The number of births registered during the year
was 658 of which 325 were boys and 333 girls; the
number of deaths was 287.
Number of
Births and
Deaths Registered.
The birth-rate per 1,000 per annum—population
estimated—was 28.29. The death-rate per 1,000
per annum—population estimated—was 13.o6. The
corrected death-rate (i e. taking away the 32 deaths
occurring within the district among persons not
belonging thereto, and adding 2 belonging to this
district occurring in the County Lunatic Asylum,
—was 12.35. The birth-rate 28.89 was 3.26 below
the average for the last 10 years and 3.20 below that
of last year. The corrected death-rate 12.35 was
low and was 2.24 below that of the last 10 years,
and 1.20 above that of last year.
Birth and Death
Rate.
Infant mortality, or the number of deaths under
1 year was 86; and measured by the proportion of
deaths to births registered was 130 to the 1,000
and is 22 above those of last year, and 5 below the
average of the last ten years.
Infant Mortality
The number of deaths from the principal Zymotic
diseases was 59, and the death-rate per 1,000 per
annum was 2.15. This death-rate is low but is '25
above that of last year.
Zymotic Disease
The health of the district during the past year
has been good. The birth rate has been very low,
in fact the lowest birth-rate I have ever recorded.
It is 3.26 below the average of the last ten years.
The death-rate is low, being 2.24 below the
average of the last 10 years. The death-rate of
infants per 1,000 births registered is 3 above the
average of the last 10 years.