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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of these 184 births 103 were illegitimate, eight belonging to
Clapham, seven to Putney, 15 to Streatham, four to Tooting, 25
to Wandsworth, 35 to Battersea, and nine to other places.
In the Borough, excluding the Workhouse, 116 illegitimate
births occurred, 30 in Clapham, 10 in Putney, 26 in Streatham, 23
in Tooting, and 27 in Wandsworth.
One illegitimate birth occurred in the Middlesex County
Asylum.
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The total number of illegitimate births was 175, 38 of which
belonged to Clapham, 17 to Putney, 41 to Streatham, 27 to Tooting,
and 52 to Wandsworth, compared with 177 in 1908, and 189
in 1907.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was 2.50,
compared with 2.41 in 1908, 2.68 in 1907, and 3.5 for the whole of
London for 1908.

The illegitimate birth-rate in proportion to total births in
this Borough is considerably lower than that for England and
Wales, which was, in the five years 1896-1900, 4.10 per cent., in
1901-1905, 3.95 per cent., and in 1908, 3.99 per cent