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which were transferred from Lambeth, St. Marylebone and Woolwich,
it will be seen that the number of strictly Greenwich births
for 1912 is 2,393, of which 1,231 were males and 1,162 females.
This corrected figure gives a Birth Rate of 25.01 per 1,000
of the population, being 1.96 below the average for the last eleven
years, 1901 to 1911, the period since the formation of the Metropolitan
Borough.
Amongst the total number of births registered in the Borough
there were 76 in which the name of the father was not registered
and therefore not given in the return; accordingly, these births
may be presumed to be of an illegitimate character. 56 of such
births were registered in the East Greenwich District, which
includes the Infirmary of the Greenwich Union.
In 23 cases the mother was ordinarily a resident in the
Borough of Deptford, and accordingly this number of births have
been transferred to that Borough.
The remaining 53 were similarly allocated to the districts
in this Borough in which the mother ordinarily resided, making
24 of such births belonging to East Greenwich, 19 to West Greenwich,
7 to St. Nicholas, and 3 to Charlton.
The Birth Rate for the County of London equals 24.5 per
1,000 of the population. It varied from 9.9 in the City of London,
14.9 in Hampstead, 15.0 in the City of Westminster, 18.8 in Chelsea
and Holborn, up to 30 0 in Finsbury, 30.6 in Bethnal Green,
30.9 in Stepney, 31.0 in Bermondsey, and 32.3 in Shoreditch.
Under the provisions of the Notifications of Births Act, 1907,
intimations have been received from medical men, parents, and
others, with respect to 2,450 births, from which it will be seen
that we have 57 intimations to be credited to births which were
registered during the latter part of 1911, or will be registered
during the early part of 1913, 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.