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The birth rate, calculated on the civilian population, was
20'5 compared with 21'3 in 1922.
Notification of Births. During the year, 2,864 live births
were notified. This is at the rate of 97 per cent, of the registered
births and compares with 98 per cent, last year. 1,628
notifications were received from midwives, 305 from doctors,
528 from the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, 132
from the Military Families' Hospital, 40 from the Woolwich
Infirmary and 231 from other persons.
The following Table No. 6 shews the number of births
in each year since 1919, the birth rate for the same period
for Woolwich, London, England and Wales, the number of
live and still births notified each year and the percentage
of notified births.
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