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BIRTHS
Eight hundred and two live births were registered during the
year, as against eight hundred and twenty-three during 1955.
The birth rate for the year is 12.3 per 1,000 total population.
The adjusted rate, for comparison with other areas, is 12.5.
Of the births registered, 418 were males and 384 females.
The rate of 12.3 is slightly lower than that for 1955, and is also
well below the rate of 15.7 for England and Wales as a whole.
The illegitimate birth rate was 48.09 per 1,000 live and still
births. There were 39 illegitimate births registered, 19 being males
and 20 females.
Nine stillbirths were registered, giving a rate of 0.14 per 1,000
total population, and 12.5 per 1,000 live and still births.
Five of the stillbirths were males, and four females.
DEATHS
There were 765 deaths appertaining to the Borough and
registered during 1956, giving a Death Rate of 11.8 per 1,000 total
population. The adjusted rate for comparison purposes is 11.0.
The rate for England and Wales is 11.7.
Of the Bromley deaths registered, 380 were males and 385
females.

By comparison with the previous year there is an increase in
the adjusted death rate of 1.1 per 1,000 population ; this is worthy
of note but is not of course a cause for alarm.