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BIRTHS.
Table 7 gives particulars of the births registered and
notified in the district, and the births registered outside the
district; certain explanations are necessary to explain what appear
to be discrepancies in the figures.
The total numbrrs of births are those registered during
the calendar year (i.e. January 1st—December 31st inclusive)
and are corrected for inward and outward transfers. These figures
are received from the Registrar General, and differ, therefore,
from uncorrected figures compiled locally either for the calendar
year or for a period of fifty-two or fifty-three weeks. The total
figure—1098 births—is the one received from the Registrar
General, but it differs very little from the figures compiled locally.
935 births were notified inside the district, and 139 names were
received from outside authorities. In addition 30 were registered
in the district, which had not previously been notified. These
figures give a total of 1,104, compiled locally, compared with
1,098 received from the Registrar General.
The number of births corresponds to an annual birth rate
of 17.4 per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 16.5 per 1,000 in
1925.
Both the total number of births and the birth rate are
higher than those of 1925, but there is reason to believe that the
birth rate is not higher, and only appears so, for reasons which
have been stated in the paragraph on the population of the
district.
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 17.4 per 1,000
inhabitants, for London 17.1 and for the 105 County Boroughs
and large towns including London 18.2 per 1,000.
In last year's report, the birth-rate was dealt with fully,
and the conditions have not materially changed since the issue
of that report. The birth-rates per 1,000 population in the
different wards were as follows :—
North-East. North-West. South-East. South-West.
16.8 14.7 12.3 24.