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5
BIRTHS.
There were 1568 births registered as having occurred within the
district. This number corresponds to a birth-rate of 28.5 per 1,000
inhabitants. Although the aggregate number of births exceeds that
recorded in any previous year, the birth-rate last year was the lowest
on record. It was .5 per 1,000 inhabitants less than that of 1907, and
.9 per 1000 less th in the average for the ten years 1898—1909.
The birth-rate has shown a continuous decline throughout the
kingdom since 1894, and in Acton the rate is still above that of
England and Wales. Last year, the birth-rate in England and Wales
was 26 5 per 1000; in the 76 large towns it was 27, and in the 142
smaller towns it was 26 per 1,000.
Usually the number of male children born exceeds the number
of female ones, but last year the order was reversed, and there were
785 females and 783 males.
The births were distributed amongst the Wards as follows:—
Noith-East 363
North-West 215
South-East 338
South-West 662
As usual the North-West Ward showed the lowest rate per
1,000 inhabitants and the South-West the highest. In the latter the
rate was more than twice that of the former—39 and 18 per 1,000
respectively.
The infants registered as having been born out of wedlock
numbered 42, which figure corresponds to a rate of 26.8 per 1,000
birihs. This is lower than the illegitimate birth rate of England and
Wales,but higher than that of Acton in 1906 or 1907.
DEATHS.
Number 723
Death Rate per 1,000 13.1
Death Rate per 1,000 in England and Wales 14.7
Death Rate per 1,000 in 76 large towns 14.9
Death Rate per 1,000 in 126 smaller towns 14
There were 590 deaths registered in the district, one of these
did not belong to Acton and occurred in a public institution,