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Births.
5. The number of births was 3,082, viz., 1,030 in Woolwich
Parish, 1,788 in Plumstead, and 264 in Eltham (corrected for
children born in the Infirmary, Female Hospital, and the
Wood Street "Home for Mothers and Babies,'' whose parents
reside outside the Borough); and the birth-rate 24T compared
with 25.5 in the previous year, and with 284 the average for
the ten years 1898-1907. The rate for the County of Loudon
was 25.4.
2,194 births were notified, from March 1st to December 31st,
under the Notification of Births Act. This is at the rate of 83
per cent. of the registered births. Of the 2,194 notifications,
1,182 were notified by Midwives, and 376 by Medical Practitioners.
62 still-births were notified.
6. The following table gives the average birth-rate of the
Borough during the years 1901-5, 1906, 1907 and 1908, and
for purposes of comparison the corresponding rates of the
neighbouring Boroughs, London, and England. The decrease
in the Borough has been much greater than that in London.