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Illegitimate Births.—The number of illegitimate births registered was 43. There
were 21 inward transfers and 6 outward transfers, making a nett figure of 58, equivalent
to 29 per 1,000 births.
Natural Increase of Population.—This term means the excess of births over
deaths. In 1932 it was 419; in 1933, 223; in 1934, 350; in 1935,553,
and in 1936, 368.
Notification of Births.—During the year 2,349 live 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, 112 notifications were received from the Medical Officer
of Health, Lewisham; 96 from the Medical Officer of Health, Greenwich, and 44
from other Medical Officers of Health ; 601 births were transferred to other areas.
Seventy-three still-births were notified, 18 of which were transferred to other areas.
It is known that 1,350 Woolwich births took place in institutions, either within or
without the Borough, so that the percentage of institutional midwifery for the
Borough was 66.9.
The following Table No. 70 shows the number of corrected births each year
since 1932; 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.