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INFANT MORTALITY.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births :—
Legitimate 62.1
Illegitimate 156.9
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 17
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 28
„ „ Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 28
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General estimates the population of
the Borough at the middle of 1929 to have been 110,500.
This is a further reduction on the figure given for
1928 which was 112,200, and very substantially
below tho estimated population for previous years :
117,900 in 1927, and 119,600 in 1926. I have not
the means to confirm or criticize these estimates, in
calculating which, no doubt, regard has been had to
the new and fuller register of electors and to the effect
of the movement of the population to the newer housing
accommodation in Greater London. It is possible, of
course, if some general factor has bean adopted, that
the actual incidence of migration from Bethnal Green
may be somewhat exaggerated. As, however, I have
no specific evidence in the matter, the estimate of the
Registrar-General has been accepted as the basis for the
calculation of the vital statistics in this report.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in Bethnal
Green during 1929 was 869. This is equal to a rate
of 15.7 persons marrying per 1,000 of tine population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1929 was 1,491, and in addition 585 occurred
outside the Borough to Bethnal Green residents in