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Illegitimate Births. The number of illegitimate births
registered was 49. There were 23 inward transfers and 11
outward transfers, making a net figure of 61, equivalent to
27 per 1,000 births.
Natural Increase of Population. This term means the
excess of births over deaths. In 1926 it was 1,013, in 1927,
751, and in 1928, 715.
Notification of Births. During the year, 2,336 live births
were notified. This is at the rate of 98 per cent of registered
births, and compares with 100 per cent, last year. 1,037
notifications were received from midwives, 133 from doctors,
113 from parents, and 53 from other persons ; 645 from the
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, 160 from the Military
Families' Hospital, 52 from the Plumstead and District Hospital,
87 from the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital, and
13 from the Eltham Cottage Hospital. Fifty.three births
took place in midwives' homes. In addition to these, 28
notifications were received from the Medical Officer of Health
of Greenwich, 53 from the Medical Officer of Health for
Lewisham, and 31 from other Medical Officers of Health.
80 still births were notified. It is known that 871 Woolwich
births took place in institutions, either within or without the
Borough, so that the percentage of institutional midwifery
for the Borough as a whole was 38 39, the figures for the
various districts being—Woolwich, 38 per cent. ; West
Plumstead, 44 per cent. ; East Plumstead, 40 per cent. ;
and Eltham, 32 per cent.
The following Table, No. 7, shews the number of corrected
births each year since 1924, the number of live and
still births notified, the percentage of notified births, and
the birth rates for the same period for Woolwich, London,
and England and Wales.
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