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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 1938 of 92,910.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in Bethnal
Green during 1938 was 808. This is equal to a rate
of 17.4 Persons marrying Per 1,000 of the Population.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered in the Borough
during 1938 was 1,106, and in addition 210 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 1,316 births
(695 males 621 females). The birth-rate was,
therefore, 14.2 births Per 1,000 Population.
The Provisional birth-rate for London is given as
13.4 and for England and Wales as 15.1.
ILLEGITIMACY.
OP the births credited to this Borough, 45 were
illegitimate, being 24 males and 21 females, and
being 3.4 Per cent. of the total number of births.
STILLBIRTHS.
Forty-three stillbirths were registered as belonging
to the Borough, being a Proportion oP 3.2
Per cent. of all births alive or dead.