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proportion. I, however, still find many parents who up to the
present are not aware of the provisions of the Act, and I think at
no very distant date it would be a wise policy to again post
circulars throughout the district drawing attention to its
requirements.
Copies of the notifications received are transmitted to the
County Council as required by the Act, and from time to time
the various District Registrars within the district consult our
records shewing the actual notifications received. In one or two
cases slight irregularities have been detected, particularly in
connection with the address given to us where the birth has
actually occurred and the address as furnished to the Registrar
for the purposes of registering the birth.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during 1909 was
1,354, of which 690 were males, and 664 females. The crude
death rate for the Borough of 12.24 per 1,000, compares favourably
with 14.0, the death rate for the County of London, and 14.8
the death rate for the 76 large towns.
In the County of London the lowest crude death rates
amongst the various Metropolitan Boroughs were 8.9 in
Hampstead, 10.3 in Lewisham, 11.3 in Stoke Newington, ll.9
in Wandsworth and Woolwich, 12.0 in Fulham, 12.2 in Greenwich,
12:6 in Hackney, and 12*9 in Paddington ; while the highest
rates were 16.8 in Bethnal Green, 18.8 in Bermondsey, 19.0 in
Shoreditch, 19.2 in Finsbury, and 20.3 in City of London.
Locally, the death rate varied from 4.78 in Kidbrooke, 10.69
in Charlton, 11.90 in East Greenwich, and 13.43 in West Greenwich,
to 17 .38 in St. Nicholas.