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The birth-rates in the four quarters of the year
were :—
First Quarter 21.1
Second „ 24.8
Third „ 22.0
Fourth „ 19.7
Of the 2,630 births, 1,354 were those of males,
and 1,276 those of females.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the 2,630 births credited to this Borough, 47
were illegitimate, being 26 males and 21 females, and
being 1.8 per cent. of the total number of births.
STILLBIRTHS.
Fifty-eight stillbirths were brought to notice,
being a proportion of 2.2 per cent. of all births, live
and dead.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths that were registered during
the year as having taken place in the Borough was
1,400.
Of these, 270 were of persons whose residence
was not in Bethnal Green, 265 dying in Bethnal
Green Institutions and 5 in other places in the
Borough.
There were also reported to the Registrar-General
301 deaths of Bethnal Green persons who died in
institutions in other parts of London, and 6 who
died in other parts of England and Wales.
This correction gives the net number of deaths
for Bethnal Green as 1,437, making an annual deathrate
of 12.0 per 1,000 of population.