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rate for the district come9 to 15.5 per 1,000. These figures are
comparable with the following figures :—14.4 for England and 15.0
for London.
Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 778,
but 64 of these did not belong to this district, while 16 births
properly belonging to this district occurred outside the district.
The nett number of births thus attributable to the district is 730,
giving a birth-rate of 16 6 per 1000. Adopting the population basis
suggested by the Begistrar-General for the calculation of the birth
rate, this comes to 16 9 per 1000. The birth-rate of England and
Wales is 17.8 per 1,000.

Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The following figures give some idea of the work done under
the Notification of Births Act, 1907, during the year 1917.
The number of births notified during the year was 745 or
95 7% of the births registered, as compared with 916% in 1916.