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6
Vital Statistics.
Births.—795 births were registered in the district
during- the year 1920, 416 were males and 379 females.
The number of births notified during' the same period
was 783.
The corrected figures as supplied by the RegistrarGeneral
after allowing for inward and outward transfers
are 813, viz., 430 males and 383 females. of these 27
(13 males and 14 females) were illegitimate.
There were 15 still births (11 males and 4 females).
The birthrate for the year is 25.61, as compared
with a rate of 25.4 for the whole of England and Wales
and 24.9 for the 148 smaller towns (Census population
20,000—50,000) including Erith.
The illegitimate birthrate is .85 per 1,000 population,
and 33.21 per 1,000 births.
The birth rate for 1920 is 4.5 per 1,000 higher than
that for 1919.
Deaths.—The number of deaths registered in the
district during 1920 was 226, giving a death rate of 7.1
per 1,000. The deaths of 5 persons whose homes were in
other districts must be deducted from this total, but to
it must be added 85 deaths of residents who died in other
districts, making a nett total of 306 deaths belonging to
the district. This gives a nett death rate of 9.64 per
1,000 population as compared with 10.71 in 1919.
For purposes of comparison, I give a table showing
the provisional figures for England and Wales for 1920
with regard to birth rates, death rates, and infantile
mortality rates: —