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INFANT MORTALITY.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births :—
Legitimate 57.7
Illegitimate 58.8
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 3
„ ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 27
„ „ Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 24
POPULATION.
The population, as estimated by the RegistrarGeneral
in the middle of 1927, was 117,900.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages celebrated in Bethnal
Green during 1927 was 998. This is equal to a rate
of 16.9 persons married, or 8.5 marriages, per 1,000
total population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1927 was 1782,* and in addition, 571 occurred
outside the Borough to Bethnal Green residents in
excess of those occurring in Bethnal Green to residents
of other localities, making a total of 2,353 births.
The birth-rate for 1927 was, therefore, 19.9 births
per 1,000 population, the lowest ever recorded in the
Borough with the exception of the abnormal war year,
1918.
The provisional birth-rate for London is given as
16.1 and for England and Wales as 16.7.
*These figures as supplied by the Registrar General
are for the calendar year. They do not differ materially
from those collected locally for the 52 weeks ended
31-12-27 : Registered 1792; transfeis in 571; total
2,363 which would make the birth-rate 20.0.