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The second quarter contributed the largest number and the
third quarter the smallest number of births, the number for the
four successive quarters being 386, 420, 362 and 367 respectively.
There was a great disparity in the birth-rate of the several
wards. In the South-West Ward the rate reached 39.5 per 1,000,
whilst in the North-West Ward it was only 18.5. In the North-East
Ward the rate was 24.5, and in the South-East Ward 28.2.
The infants registered as having been born out of wedlock
numbered 37, which figures correspond to a rate of 24 per 1.000
births or .7 1,000 living. This is slightly lower than the illegitimate
birth-rate of 1906, and considerably lower than that of the whole
of England and Wales.
DEATHS.
Number 737
Rate per 1,000 13.9
Rate per 1,000 in England and Wales 15
Rate per 1,000 in 76 large towns 15.4
Rate per 1,000 in 142 smaller towns 14.5
There were 605 deaths registered as having taken place within
the district; of these 8 were deaths of non-residents. 140 deaths
of residents occurred in public institutions outside the district,
and this number has to be added. The actual number of deaths,
therefore, which has to be regarded in estimating the death-rate
is 737. This gives a recorded death-rate of 13.9 per 1,000 inhabitants.
It was explained in last year's report that in order to compare
the death-rate of one district with that of another it is necessary
to make an allowance for the difference in age and sex constitution
of the different districts. The method by which this correction
is made is based upon the death-rate of each sex at different ages
throughout England and Wales. Series of factors are thus obtained
by which the recorded death-rates of different towns can
be multiplied. The figures by which the recorded death-rate should
be multiplied in order to make a correction for variations of sex