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4 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the 401 illegitimate births that occurred in the Borough,
151 belonged to the Borough, 26 to Clapham, 20 to Putney, 37
to Streatham, 19 to Tooting, and 49 to Wandsworth.
72 illegitimate births occurred outside the Borough, making
a total of 223.
The illegitimate births in nursing homes have again been
allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was
3.09.
Notification of Births Act.
The following Table shows the number of births notified in
each sub-district and in the whole Borough, the persons by
whom notified and whether the children were born alive or dead.

The percentage of births notified, less still-births, to those
registered was 98.6, compared with 98.6 in 1919.
Deaths.
During the year ending the 31st December, 1920, 3,080
deaths, 1,402 of males and 1,678 of females, occurred, compared
with 3,552 in 1919,