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The following relates to the Birth Rate during the past
eight years :—
1938 Birth Rate
18.5 per thousand
1939 „
17.76 „ „
1940 ., „
16.46 „ „
1941 „ „
15.88 „ „
1942 „ „
19.07 „ „
1943 „ „
18.03 „ „
1944 ,. „
21.06 „ „
1945 „ „
18.81 „ „
Rate per 1,000 for England and Wales, 1946 19.1
„ „ „ „ County Boroughs and Great Towns
including London 22.2
„ „ „ „ Smaller Towns (estimated population
25,000 to 50,000 at Census,
1931) 21.3
„ „ „ „ London Administrative County 21.5
Sixty illegitimate' live births were registered against 68
in 1945.
Stillbirths. Males Females Total
Total .. 24 17 41
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still)
births 23.6
The following relates to the Stillbirth Rate during the past
eight years :—
Rate per Thousand.
Year
Total Live and
Still Births
Population
1938
41.66
0.81
1939
28.0
0.51
1940
24.4
0.41
1941
29.6
0.48
1942
25.2
0.49
1943
20.5
0.37
1944
19.0
0.42
1945
21.4
0.41
Forty-one Stillbirths registered during the year. This
represents a rate of 0.48 per 1,000 population against 0.41 per
1,000 population in 1945.
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