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SECTION 2.
Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
Total. M. F.
Birth s
(Legitimate 5,005 2,460 2,5451)
(Illegitimate 141 68 73)
Birth Rate, 18.8
Deaths 3,144 Death Rate, 11.4
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, Childbirth:—
From Sepsis 10
From other causes 7
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births 70
Legitimate, 345; Illegitimate, 16. Total 361
Deaths from Measles, all ages 72
Deaths from Whooping Cough, all ages 22
Deaths from Diarrhoea, under 2 years of age 48
Births. —The total number of births registered in the
Borough was 4,591. The corrected number of births arrived at
by adding 630 births which occurred outside the Borough of
persons belonging to the Borough, and deducting 75 births which
occurred in the Borough of persons not belonging to the Borough,
amounted to 5,146 —2,618 females and 2,528 males.

Illegitimate Births. —The Number of Camberwell births
reported as illegitimate was 141, equal to a rate of 27.3 per 1,000
registered births.
Notification of Births Act. —During the year 4,808 births
were notified as follows : —
Notified by Midwives 2,558
Notified by Medical Practitioners 1,302
Notified by Parents 303
Other Persons 645
Still-Births.—Of the 4,808 births notified, 114 were returned
as born dead.
Deaths.
The deaths registered during 1924 as having taken place in
the Borough were 3,464. The corrected number of deaths found
by deducting 838 deaths of non-residents who died in the