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The birth rates in the four quarters of the year
were: —
First quarter 27.4
Second „ 26.3
Third „ 23.5
Fourth „ 23.6
Of the 3,003 births, 1,539 were those of males and
1,464 those of females.
The birth rate for Bethnal Green, 25.4, is not
far removed from the rate of 22.3 for the County of
London. If, however, we compare a residential middle
and upper class borough like Hampstead, we find the
birth rate for the year was 15.4, considerably lower
than that of Bethnal Green. On the other hand, in
similarly congested and poor boroughs such as Shoreditch
and Poplar, the rates were respectively 28.5 and
27.28.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the 3,003 births credited to this borough, 70
were illegitimate, being 37 males and 33 females, and
being 2.3 per cent. of the total number of births.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths that were registered during
the year as having taken place in the borough was
1,452.
Of these 295 were of persons whose residence was
not in Bethnal Green, 285 dying in Bethnal Green
Institutions, and 10 in other places in the borough.
There were also reported to the Registrar General
365 deaths of Bethnal Green persons who died in institutions
in other parts of London, and 7 who died in
other parts of England and Wales.