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1922
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For the corresponding period of 1921, the numbers were:
men women total
16,529 13,821 30,350
For the twelve months ending December 31st, 1922, 122
new houses were erected, 112 by the Council and 10 by private
persons.
Births.—Table 2 gives particulars of the births registered
and notified in the district, and the births registered outside the
district.
The Ward distribution of all the births is not given, as the
home addresses of all the mothers who have given birth to a child
outside the district are not given.
The addresses of the births notified and registered within
the district are obtained and of most of the outside births, but
the inward transfers of the Registrar-General include some births
whose addresses have not been supplied to the local sanitary
authority; this latter number only totals 35 and does not materially
affect the birth-rates of the respective Wards.
The total number of births belonging to the district was 1,203.
This number corresponds to an annual rate of 19.3 per 1,000
inhabitants.
The birth-rate of Acton is lower than that of England and
Wales, of London and of the 106 Great Towns.
The birth-rate is 1.8 per 1,000 lower than that of 1921, and
considerably lower than that of 1920.
With the exception of the years 1917, 1918 and 1919, it is
the lowest birth-rate recorded for the district.
Approximately, the birth-rate for each Ward was as follows:
n. east n. west s. east s. west
19.6 13.4 14.5 25.7
Forty-one children were born out of wedlock: this number
corresponds to an illegitimate birth-rate of 34 per 1,000 births.
This is the lowest illegitimate birth-rate since 1911.
Although during the years of the war, the illegitimate birth-rate
increased, it would be unfair to assume that the phenomenon
was entirely due to the war. For two or three years prior to the
outbreak of war, there had been an increased rate in this district.
In the last three years there has been a very marked decrease in
the illegitimate birth-rate, but it is still considerably higher than
it was 12 and 15 years ago, as the following Table will show: