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The Birth-rate is low compared with the rates for England
and Wales and for London, which are 16.7 and 15.9 respectively.
The number of births assigned to the whole of the area was 1,472,
which gives a birth-rate of 14.9 per thousand of population. This
is a slight increase over the previous year; being 0.8 per thousand
of population more and constitutes the highest birth-rate since 1923,
when it was 15.6.
The Death-rate is lower than in the previous year, 9.6 compared
with 10.5. It compares favourably with the death-rate for England
and Wales, which is 11.7, and that for London, which is 11.6 per
thousand of population.
The Infant Death-rate is unusually low and is the lowest yet
recorded for Ealing, being 41 per thousand births. This rate
compares most favourably with the rates for England and Wales,
for the Great Towns and for London, which are, respectively, 65,
70 and 67. In Table II the rate for 1928 is compared with the
rates for the previous 17 years. It will be seen the lowest infant
death-rate previous to this year was 47, recorded in 1920 and
in 1924.
The Illegitimate Infant Death-rate is low for the year, being
74 per thousand illegitimate births.