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Births.
The live births registered during the year numbered 389,
of which 207 were males and 182 females. This gives a birth
rate of 14-9 per 1,000, compared with 15-3 for 1934.
Still Births.
The number of still-births registered was 13, of which 8
were males and 5 females.
Notification of Births Act.
Of the live births occurring in the District, 97 were notified
by Medical Practitioners, 150 by midwives, and 1 by a parent.
Six notifications of still births were received, 3 being from
Medical Practitioners and 3 from midwives. Eleven births
were not notified.
Deaths.
The number of deaths registered in the Urban District
of Penge during the year was 209. Thirty-three of these were
transferable to other districts; but 157 deaths of Penge
Parishioners occurring in public institutions, etc.,outside
the District were transferred to Penge.
The corrected number of deaths was therefore 333, equal
to a crude death rate of 12-8 per 1,000.