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The Birth Rate for the County of London equals 20.4 per 1,000
of the population. The Birth Rate for all England and Wales was
19.7.
Illegitimate births numbered 64, representing 3.0 per cent. of
the total births.
One hundred and twenty nine illegitimate births were registered
in the Borough. In 73 cases, however, the mothers were ordinarily
resident outside the Borough, and these births were consequently
allocated to the correct areas. Eight illegitimate births belonging
to Greenwich occurred outside the Borough, thus giving the net
figure of 64.
Thirty-three illegitimate births occurred in the Greenwich
and Deptford Hospital.
Under the provisions of the Notification of Births Act, 1907,
intimations have been received from medical men, parents and
others, with respect to 2,348 births.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths registered during 1923 was 1,119,
of which 612 were males and 507 females. The crude Death Rate
for the Borough of 10.95 per 1,000 compares favourably with 11.2,
the Death Rate for the County of London, and 11.6, the Death Rate
for the 105 Large Towns. It is interesting to note that the Death
Rate is the lowest recorded since the inception of the Council.
The Death Rate in the various Metropolitan Boroughs varied
from 9.9 in Woolwich, 10.1 in Wandsworth, 10.3 in Hampstead
and Lewisham, and 10.5 in Fulham up to 13.1 in Finsbury, 12.9 in
Shoreditch, 12.8 in Southwark and 12.1 in Chelsea, Bermondsey
and Holborn.
Locally the Death Rate varied from 8.74 in Charlton, 10.43 in
East Greenwich, 10.47 in Kidbrooke, 12.58 in St. Nicholas, Deptford,
to 12.97 in West Greenwich.
Of the total number of deaths 17 under five years of age were of
illegitimate birth, 15 of whom were under one year of age.