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Illegitimate Births. The number of illegitimate births registered was 67. There
were 16 inward transfers and 9 outward transfers, making a nett figure of 74,
equivalent to 36 per 1,000 births.
Natural Increase of Population— This term means the excess of births over
deaths. In 1928 it was 715; in 1929, 532; in 1930, 641; in 1931, 501, and in
1932, 419.
Notification of Births.— During the year 2,209 live births were notified. This is
at the rate of 97.5 per cent of the registered births and compares with 98.7 per cent
last year. The births were notified as shown in the following Table:—

In addition to these, 32 notifications were received from the Medical Officer of
Health, Greenwich, 74 from the Medical Officer of Health, Lewisham, and 29 from
other Medical Officers of Health. 78 still-births were notified. It is known that
1,145 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 57.54.
The following Table, No. 13, shows the number of corrected births each year
since 1928; 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:—