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Births
There were 4,384 live births allocated to the Borough during
1969, after adjustments for inward and outward transfers, this
being an increase of 25 over the figure for the previous year.
Of the 4,384 live births, 2,267 were males and 2,117 females.
The crude birth rate for the Borough was 14.4 per 1,000
population, and the adjusted rate, for use when comparing one
area with another was 14.5.
The birth rate for 1969 was 0.1 higher than that recorded for
the previous year, and is below the figures of 15.7 and 16.3 for
Greater London and England and Wales respectively.
In addition to the live births, there were 35 still births,
representing a rate of 8 per thousand total births. This rate is well
below that of 12.7 for Greater London and 13 for the country as
a whole. The figure for the Borough for 1968 was 12 per 1,000
total births.
Birth Notification

Deaths
3,258 deaths were registered in 1969, giving a crude death rate
of 10.7 per 1,000 population. This rate, when standardised by the
comparability factor, gives a figure of 9.5 for comparison purposes.
The rates for Greater London, and England and Wales were 11.6
and 11.9 respectively.
The following table shows causes of death as given in the
Registrar-General's statistics.