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MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in Bethnal
Green during 1928 was 964. This is equal to a rate of
17.8 persons marrying per 1,000 of the popu'laion.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1928 was 1,570, and in addition 567 occurred
outside the Borough to Bethnal Green residents in
excess of those occurring in Bethnal Green to l'esidents
of other localities, making a total of 2,137 births. The
birth-rate for 1928 was, therefore, 19.0 births per 1,000
population, the lowest ever recorded in the Borough.
The provisional birth-rate for London is given as
15.9, and for England and Wales as 16.7.
Of the 2,137 births. 1,116 were those of males, and
1,021 those of females.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the 2,137 births credited to this Borough, 59
were illegitimate, being 39 males and 20 females, and
being 2.7 per cent. of the total number of births.
STILLBIRTHS.
Fifty-eight stillbirths were brought to notice, being
a proportion of 2.65 per cent. of all births, alive or
dead.
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 1,323.