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Under the provisions of the Notification of Births Act,
1907, intimations have been received from medical men,
parents, and others, with respect to 2,029 births, from
which it will be seen that we have 219 intimations to be
credited to births which were registered during the latter
part of 1909, or will be registered during the early part
of 1911, as the time allowed by law for registration purposes
extends up to six weeks, whereas that under the
Notification of Births Act is to be within 36 hours.
Copies of the notifications received are transmitted to
the County Council as required by the Act, and from time
to time the various District Registrars within the district
consult our records shewing the actual notifications received.
In one or two cases slight irregularities have
been detected, particularly in connection with the address
given to us where the birth has actually occurred and the
address as furnished to the Registrar for the purposes of
registering the birth.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during 1910 was
1,289, of which 628 were males, and 661 females. The
crude death rate for the Borough of 11.45 per 1,000,
compares favourably with 12.7, the death rate for the
County of London, and 13.4 the death rate for the 77
large towns.
In the County of London the lowest crude death rates
amongst the various Metropolitan Boroughs were 8.6 in
Hampstead, 9.6 in Lewisham, 10.2 in Wandsworth, 10.5
in Fulham and Woolwich, and 11-0 in Stoke Newington;
while the highest rates were 15.2 in Poplar, 15.3 in
Bethnal Green, 15.5 in the City of London, 15.9 in
Southwark, 16.7 in Shoreditch, 17.6 in Finsbury, and
17.7 in Bermondsey.