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The course of the birth-rate during the past 30
years is shown in the graph inset, following page 24.
Of the 2,501 births, 1,260 were those of males,
and 1,241 those of females.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the 2,501 births credited to this Borough, 54
were illegitimate, being 22 males and 32 females, and
being 2.1 per cent. of the total number of births.
STILLBIRTHS.
Forty stillbirths were brought to notice, being
a proportion of 1.9 per cent. of all births, live and
dead.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered during the year
as having taken place in the Borough was 1,363.
Of these, 271 were of persons whose residence
was not in Bethnal Green, 264 dying in Bethnal
Green Institutions and 7 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 or in other
parts of England and Wales.
This correction gives the net number of deaths
for Bethnal Green as 1,393, making an annual deathrate
of 11.6 per 1,000 of population.