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Illegitimate Births.—The number of illegitimate births registered was 65. There
were 11 inward transfers and 8 outward transfers, making a nett figure of 68
equivalent to 36 per 1,000 births.
Natural Increase of Population.—This term means the excess of births over
deaths. In 1929 it was 532; in 1930, 641; in 1931, 501; in 1932, 419; and in
1933, 223.
Notification of Births.—During the year 2,154 births were notified. This is at
the rate of 99.6 per cent. of the registered births and compares with 97.5 per cent.
last year. The births were notified as shown in the following Table:—

In addition to these, 24 notifications were received from the Medical Officer
of Health, Lewisham, and 33 from other Medical Officers of Health. Fifty-nine
still-births were notified. It is known that 1,100 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 59.52.
The following Table, No. 67, shows the number of corrected births each year
since 1929 ; 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.