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It- will be noticed from these particulars that the
Birth Rate is much below that of five years ago.
Seventeen Illegitimate Children were registered.
Death Rate.
The number of deaths from all causes was 251,
namely, 136 males and 115 females.
This represents a Death Rate of 10.8 against 9.6 for
the previous year.
The Death Rate over England and Wales was 12.2,
and for the 157 Towns, previously mentioned, 11.2. In
this instance Bexley compares favourably with the
remainder of the Country.
The Death Rates for the Area during the last five
years are as follows:—
1921 10.8 per thousand.
1922 10.4
1923 10.3
1924 9.6
1925 10.8
Twenty-five Infants failed to reach the age of one
year which, on the 419 Births Registered, gives an
Infantile Death Rate of 59.6 against 58.1 per thousand
for the previous year.
The Infantile Death Rate for the year over England
and Wales was 75.0 per thousand, and for the 157
Towns, referred to, 74.0 per thousand.
Although the Rate for this District is slightly in
excess of that of the previous year, it compares very
favourably with the average over the whole of the
country.
Four illegitimate children died before reaching the
age of one year.
Deaths occurring from Measles Nil.
,, ,, ,, Whooping Cough 2
,, ,, ,, Diarrhoea 3
,, ,, ,, Sepsis 2
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