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Births.
During the year 2830 births were registered in the
Borough, of which number 163 were infants born to parents
whose usual place of abode is outside the Borough. The infants
born outside the Borough to parents whose usual residence was
within the Borough numbered 240, so that the corrected number
of births was 2907, comprising 1483 males and 1424 females.
Calculated on the above figures, the birth-rate equals 15.6
per 1000 of the population, which, with the exception of two
years during the war—1917 and 1918—is the lowest yet recorded.
It will be seen from the following Table that the birthrate
has been steadily declining during the past 25 years:—

Illegitimacy.—The following Table shows the number of
illegitimate births in the last five years, and the percentage to
the total births:—