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Illegitimate Births.—The number of illegitimate births registered was 59.
There were 15 inward transfers and 10 outward transfers, making a nett figure of
64, equivalent to 31 per 1,000 births.
Natural Increase of Population.—This term means the excess of births over
deaths. In 1931 it was 501; in 1932, 419; in 1933, 223; in 1934, 350; and in
1935, 553.
Notification of Births.—During the year 2,405 live births were notified. This
is at the rate of 99.6 per cent. of the registered births and compares with 99.4 per

In addition to these, 102 notifications were received from the Medical Officer
of Health, Lewisham; 73 from the Medical Officer of Health, Greenwich; and
32 from other Medical Officers of Health; 552 births were transferred to other
areas. One hundred and two still-births were notified, 21 of which were transferred
to other areas. It is known that 1,388 Woolwich births took place in institutions
either within or without the Borough, so that the percentage of institutional
midwifery for the Borough was 67.6.
The following Table, No. 86, shows the number of corrected births each year
since 1931; 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.