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BIRTHS.
The births registered in the District were 3,916.
The birth rate per thousand of population is 31.38, a
reduction on last year and that of the year preceding.
This is in accord with what is happening throughout
the country, where since 1895 the rate has steadily
decreased year by year. Comparing different Wards,
Church End, with a birth rate of 39 per thousand, is
higher than in 1901, when its rate was 38.9. In 1900
it was 42 per thousand. Kensal Green, with a rate
of 34.42 per thousand, comes next. In 1901 its rate
was 34.7, and in 1900 35.07. South Kilburn and
Willesden Green have a rate respectively of 29.95
and 29.36, while Harlesden and Mid Kilburn have
respectively a rate of 28.77 and 27.65. North Kilburn
has the lowest rate, 24.27, but this is an increase on
last year, when it stood at 20 27, while in 1900 it
was 17.22 only. For the purpose of comparison I
have abstracted from the total population in each of
the Wards the number of persons living between the
ages of 0-20 and between 20 and 45, the latter age
period virtually synchronising with the procreative
period of life. In Chart No. IV. the respective populations
of the different Wards at the census year at