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Population.
The population of the Borough for the year 1927 is
estimated by the Registrar-General to be 188,600, which figure
is used for calculating the mortality and other rates which appear
in this Report.
Births.
The number of births registered in 1927 was 2,848, of
which number 1,430 were males and 1,418 females.
This number represents a birth-rate of 15.1 per 1,000
of the population, which is, with the exception of two years
during the War, the lowest birth-rate yet recorded in the Borough.
Illegitimacy.—The number of infants born out of wedlock
was 93. of 3.2 per cent. of the total.
Marriages.
The number of marriages registered in the Borough during
the year was 1,502, of which number 818 were solemnized in
the Established Church, 173 at Nonconformist Places of Worship,
and 511 at the Register Offices.
This number is equivalent to a marriage rate of 15.4
per thousand of the population. In 1926, 1,340 marriages were
registered, and the marriage rate was 14.2.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths of residents of the Borough
was 2.083, compared with 1,890 in 1926. This number represents
a death-rate of 11.0 per 1,000 of the population, a
higher rate than last year, which was 10.0 per thousand.
The death-rate for the County of London was 11.9 per
1,000, and for England and Wales, 12.3 per 1,000.
Infant Mortality.—The number of infants who died before
reaching the age of one year was 131, compared with 116 in
1926, and the infant mortality rate was 46 per 1,000 births,
compared with 40 in the previous year. The corresponding
figure for the County of London was 59 per 1,000 births, and
for England and Wales, 69.