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II.

Births. During the year 1930 the births corrected
by the distribution of those occurring in lying-in institutions
in the borough to the districts in which the mothers
resided, and the inclusion of children born to Fulham
mothers in institutions outside the Borough, numbered
2,366 of whom 1,199 were boys and 1,167 were girls.
The birth-rate (the number of births per 1,000 of the
population) was 15.3. The birth rate for the whole of
London was 15.7 and for England and Wales 16.3.
The births and birth rates in the Borough for the last
five years were as follows:—
Births. Rate.
1926 2670 16.2
1927 2444 15.1
1928 2388 15.4
1929 2502 16.2
1930 2366 15.3
Stillbirths. The number of stillbirths during 1930'
was 72 compared with 68 during the previous year.