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Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 10,596, which
consisted of 5,299 males and 5,269 females.
1,918 births were registered in the Limehouse District, or at the rate
of 32.9 per 1,000 of the population.
2,126 births were registered in the St. George's District, or at the
rate of 41.6 per 1,000 of the population.
3,938 births were registered in Mile End Old Town, or at the rate
of 34 per 1,000 of the population.
2,614 births were registered in the Whitechapel District, or at the
rate of 32.4 per 1,000 of the population.
The birth-rate throughout the whole Borough was 34.6 per 1,000, while
that of London as a whole was 27.1 per 1,000.
The birth-rate, though 7.5 above London as a whole, is not only lower
than the average rate for the ten years 1895-1904, but it is the lowest on
record.
The method of calculating the birth-rate is slightly different to what
it has been in previous years. This is the first time it has been possible to
distribute the births occurring in Public Institutions to the various districts
from whence the mothers have come. It has been found necessary to deduct
164 births which belonged to other districts, and to add 28 births belonging
to this Borough, which took place in various institutions outside the district.
There are, therefore, 136 births to be deducted this year from the total,
which would be included if the same method were adopted as in former
years.
The difference is not great, and does not materially alter the conclusions,
inasmuch as on the old basis the birth-rate would be 351 per 1,000,
which would still be the lowest on record.
The birth-rate is lower in each district than it was in the previous year,
with the exception of the Limehouse District. In the latter the birth-rate
is -2 per 1,000 higher, but this is more than accounted for by the fact that
to the births actually occurring in the district, are added 95 births which
took place in the Mothers' Home, Commercial Road;—1 in the Mile End
Infirmary, 1 in the Whitechapel Infirmary, 8 in the London Hospital, and