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BIRTHS.
During last year 2,989 births were registered in
this Borough against 3,192 in the previous year. Making
due allowance for the increase of the population, the
number of births registered last year was 253 below the
average number registered during the previous 10 years.
On the population estimated up to the middle of the
year, i.e., 115,803 inhabitants, the number of births
registered was equal to an annual rate of 25.8 births
per 1,000 persons living. The birth.rate in London on
the estimated population of London up to the middle
of the year, i.e., 4,613,812 inhabitants, was equal to an
annual rate of 29.7 births per 1,000 persons living.
DEATHS.
During last year 1,323 deaths were registered in
this Borough, against 1,597 in the previous year.
Making due allowance for the increase of the population,
the number of deaths registered in this Borough
last year was 434 below the average number registered
during the previous 10 years. Adding 434 deaths of
Burgesses of this Borough, which took place in general
hospitals and other public institutions in other Boroughs
of London, in London County Lunatic Asylums and
Metropolitan Imbecile Asylums, and deducting 150
deaths of non.Burgesses which occurred, 108 at West
London Hospital, 40 at Nazareth House, and 2 at the
Hammersmith Infirmary, the corrected number of
deaths of Burgesses registered last year was 1607. On
the before mentioned estimated population, the corrected
number of deaths of Burgesses registered last
year was equal to an annual rate of 13.9 deaths per
1,000 persons living. The death rate in London on the
estimated population of London up to the middle of the
year was equal to an annual rate of 15.2 deaths per
1,000 persons living.