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9
Illegitimate Births.
After correction for inward and outward transfers the number
of illegitimate live births registered as belonging to the Borough was
133, 4.21 per cent. of the total live births.
Still Births.
Still births registrations during the year numbered 94. This
number included 10 illegitimate births.
Notification of Births Act.
Every birth occurring in the Borough should be notified to the
Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of its occurrence. During
the year 3,042 births were notified, representing 93.42 per cent. of the
number of total births registered in the Borough.

Deaths.
The number of deaths registered during the year was 3,499, but
of these 1,227 occurred in Camberwell of persons who were not residents
of this Borough, while the deaths of 662 Camberwell residents
occurred in other districts; thus by subtracting the deaths of nonresidents
and adding the deaths of residents who died elsewhere, the
number of deaths properly belonging to Camberwell was 2,934.
The general death rate for Camberwell in 1934 was 12.3 per 1,000
of the population.
The distribution of the deaths and the death rates in the different
wards is to be found in the table on the opposite page, and the
Registrar-General's diseases classification of the deaths appears on
pages 10 and 11.
The chief causes and percentage rates of deaths at all ages
were:—
Diseases of the heart and circulatory system 29.6, malignant
disease 13.7, bronchitis, pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases
(including pulmonary tuberculosis) 19.2, all forms of tuberculosis 0.97.
Deaths of Illegitimate Infants.
These numbered 12 during 1934, representing a mortality rate
of 90 per 1,000 illegitimate births. The infantile mortality rate for
legitimate and illegitimate births was 67.