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Borough death rate (deaths per 1,000
population) 11.54 (10.00)
Comparability factors—Births 0.80 (0.79)
Deaths 1.05 (1.08)
England and Wales—Birth rate 16.4 (16.1)
Death rate 11.7(11.5)
Total Legitimate Illegitimate
Live births Males 1,254(1,147) 1,035 (980) 219 (167)
Females 1,080(1,114) 880 (921) 200 (193)
Stillbirths Males 21 (26) 16 (22)1 5 (4)
Females 30 (17) 22 (12) 8 (5)
Deaths of infants under Males 27 (30) 21 (25) 6 (5)
one year of age .. Females 24 (24) 18 (15): 6 (9)
Deaths of infants under Males 25 (24) 19 (20)1 6 (4)
four weeks of age Females 20 (20) 15 (14) 5 (6)
The number of marriages solemnised in the Borough during the
year was 1,437 (1,592).
The decennial census of population will be held in 1961. The
following table based on the 1951 census shows Paddington to be
the most densely populated of the Metropolitan Boroughs.
Persons per
Borough acre
Paddington 92.5
Southwark 85.9
Chelsea 77.2
Bethnal Green 76.8
Islington 76.2
Kensington 73.4
Westminster 39.6
Wandsworth 36.3
Lewisham 32.4
Poplar 31.6
Greenwich 23.3
Woolwich 17.9
Only the six most densely and the six least densely populated
Boroughs have been given.