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POPULATION.
The Vital Statistics in this report have been calculated
on the estimated resident population of the
Borough at the middle of the year 1937 of 94,560.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in Bethnal
Green during 1937 was 857. This is equal to a rate
of 18.1 persons marrying per 1,000 of the population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1937 was 1,025, and in addition 233 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 1,258 births
(650 males, 608 females). The birth-rate was,
therefore, 13.3 births per 1,000 population, the
lowest ever recorded in the Borough.
The provisional birth-rate for London is given as
13.3 and for England and Wales as 14.9.
ILLEGITIMACY.
Of the births credited to this Borough, 40 were
illegitimate, being 15 males and 25 females, and
being 3.2 per cent. of the total number of births.
STILLBIRTHS.
Thirty-seven stillbirths were registered as
belonging to the Borough, being a proportion of 2.9
per cent. of all births alive or dead.