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BIRTHS.
During last year 3,110 births were registered in this
Borough against 3,146 in the previous year. Making
due allowance for the increase of the population, the
number of births registered last year was 188 below the
average number registered during the previous 10 years.
On the population estimated up to the middle of the
year, i.e., 119,037 inhabitants, the number of births
registered was equal to an annual rate of 26'1 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., 4,684,794 inhabitants, was equal to an annual
rate of 27. 1 births per 1,000 persons living.
DEATHS.
During last year 1,419 deaths were registered in
this Borough, against 1,632 in the previous year.
Making due allowance for the increase of the population,
the number of deaths registered in this Borough last year
was 314 below the average number registered during the
previous 10 years. Adding 385 deaths of Residents
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 161
deaths of non-Residents which occurred, 141 at the West
London Hospital and 20 at Nazareth House, the
corrected number of deaths of Residents registered last
year was 1,643. On the before-mentioned estimated
population, the corrected number of deaths of Residents,
registered last year was equal to an annual rate of 13.8
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 15.1
deaths per 1,000 persons living.