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Illegitimate Births. The number of illegitimate births
registered was 53. There were 22 inward transfers and 4
outward transfers, making a net figure of 71, equivalent to
31 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 ; in 1928, 715 ; and in 1929, 532.
Notification of Births. During the year, 2,300 live births
were notified. This is at the rate of 96.2 per cent, of registered
births and compares with 98 per cent, last year. 959
notifications were received from midwives, 157 from doctors,
116 from parents, and 55 from other persons ; 566 from the
British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, 190 from the Military
Families' Hospital, 71 from the Plumstead and District
Hospital, 129 from the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital,
and 34 from the Eltham Cottage Hospital. Twenty-three
births took place in midwives' homes. In addition to these,
64 notifications were received from the Medical Officer of
Health of Greenwich, 52 from the Medical Officer of Health
of Lewisham, and 31 from other Medical Officers of Health.
92 still births were notified. It is known that 918 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 39 66, the figures for the
various districts being—Woolwich, 39 per cent. ; West
Plumstead, 46 per cent. ; East Plumstead, 36 per cent.;
and Eltham, 37 per cent.
The following Table, No. 7, shows the number of corrected
births each year since 1925; 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.