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Of the 2,353 births, 1,167 were those of males,
and 1,186 those of females.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the 2,353 births credited to this Borough, 51
were illegitimate, being 24 males and 27 females, and
being 2.1 per cent, of the total number of births.
STILLBIRTHS.
Forty-nine stillbirths were brought to notice, being
a proportion of 2 per cenb. of all births, live and dead.
Up till now, our information as to stillbirths has been
restricted to that obtained under the Notification of
Births Acts. By the Births and Deaths Registration
Act, 1926, on and from the 1st July, 1927, stillbirths
are required to be registered, and arrangements have
been made with the local registrars of births and
deaths for particulars of such registrations.
This subject is dealt with in a special note in the
maternity and child welfare section of this report.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths registered during the year
as having taken place in the Borough was 1,303.
Of these, 264 were of persons whose residence
was not in Bethnal Green, 258 dying in Bethnal
Green Institutions and 6 in other places in the
Borough.
There were also reported to me 293 deaths of
Bethnal Green persons who died in institutions in
other parts of London or in other parts of England
and Wales.