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Illegitimate Births.—The number of illegitimate births registered was 64. There
were 16 inward transfers and 7 outward transfers, making a nett figure of 73, equivalent
to 36 per 1,000 births.
Natural Increase of Population.—This term means the excess of births over
deaths. In 1930 it was 641; in 1931 it was 501; in 1932, 419; in 1933, 223, and
in 1934, 350.
Notification of Births.—During the year 2,334 births were notified. This is
at the rate of 99.4 per cent. of the registered births and compares with 99.6 per
cent. last year. The births were notified as shown in the following Table:—

In addition to these, 87 notifications were received from the Medical Officer
of Health, Lewisham, 44 from the Medical Officer of Health, Greenwich, and 35 from
other Medical Officers of Health. Ninety-six still-births were notified. It is known
that 1,273 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 63.6.
The following Table No. 68, shows the number of corrected births each year
since 1930; 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.