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II—VITAL STATISTICS.
Births.
The number of live births registered during 1931
was 617. This figure is calculated by the Registrar
General from the births registered with the local registrars
after making adjustments for inward and outward
transfers and is the basis on which the rates and other
statistical data is calculated. Six hundred and seventeen
live births produces a Birth Rate of 13.5 per 1,000 of
the resident population, and is 0.8 lower than the rate
for 1930, and the lowest rate ever recorded in Bromley.
The following tabulation gives a comparison of
Bromley's annual birth rates with those of England and
Wales during the past eleven years:—

(Note.—The Bromley Birth Rate for 1930 has been corrected to the
mid-year population for that year).
Stillbirths.
Nineteen stillbirths were notified in 1931; the Registrar
General's figure for the year 1931 is 26 stillbirths.
This latter figure would include cases born outside the
area which were ordinarily resident in Bromley.
During the past five years the number of stillbirths
occurring is shown in the following table:—