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estimated by the Registrar-General, the death-rate for the district
comes to 10.59 per 1,800, which is comparable with the following
figures :—11.7 for England and Wales, and 11.6 for London.
The death-rate corrected by the Registrar-General's factor of
.931 is 9.86.
Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was
1073, but 144 of these did not belong to this district, while 91 births
properly belonging to this district occurred outside the district. The
nett number of births thus attributable to the district is 1020.
Adopting the population basis suggested by the Registrar-General
for the calculation of the birth-rate, this comes to 17.07 per 1,000.
The birth-rate of England and Wales was 16.7 per 1,000, and for
London 15.9 per 1,000.
Legitimacy.
The following figures give the number of births :—
Legitimate.
Male. Female. Total.
502 478 980
Illegitimate.
Male. Female. Total.
15 25 40