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MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in Bethnal
Green during 1932 was 780. This is equal to a rate
of 14'7 persons marrying per 1,000 of the population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1932 was 1,141, and in addition 494 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 1,635 births (871
males, 764 females). The birth-rate for 1932 was,
therefore, 15• 4 births per 1,000 population, the lowest
ever recorded in the Borough.
The provisional birth-rate for London is given as
14'2 and for England and AVales as 15-3.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the 1,635 births credited to this Borough, 63
were illegitimate, being 36 males and 27 females, and
being 3-8 percent of the total number of births. The
latter figure represents a surprising and regrettable
change for the worse after being stationary for many
years at the comparatively low level of 2 2 per 1,000.
STILLBIRTHS.
Fifty-two stillbirths were registered as belonging
to the Borough, being a proportion of 3 per cent of all
births alive or dead.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths during the year belonging
to the Borough, according to the Registrar General's