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21.3—Hanley 33.0, Sunderland 33.0, Swansea 33.1, Tynemouth
34.3, St. Helen's 34.7, Merthyr Tydfil 35.6, Middlesbrough 35.9,
and Rhondda 40.3.
In London the lowest rates were Hampstead 14.9, City
of London 14.9, City of Westminster 16.7, Kensington 19.2,
Holborn 19.6. and Stoke Newington 19.7; on the other hand
the highest were Bethnal Green 32.6, Bermondsey 32.5,
Stepney 32.1, Shoreditch 32.0, Poplar 31.5, and Finsbury 31.1.
Illegitimacy.—During the year 1908, 4,338 infants were
registered in London as having been born out of wedlock. This
figure gives a proportion of 35 per 1,000 total births, whilst the
average proportion in the preceding ten years was 34.
In Lewisham of the 3,632 registered births, 91 or 25.1.
per 1,000 births were recorded as being illegitimate, compared
with 25.4, 23.8 and 33.3 per 1,000 in the three previous years.
On reviewing the returns of illegitimate births in this
Borough it is found that 50 per cent. of these children were born
to domestic servants.