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Infant Mortality.
The figure obtained under this heading is regarded as a valuable
index of the sanitary conditions of a district. Furthermore,
as it is based on definite figures (i.e., the actual number of births
and infant deaths), it is more reliable than the death-rate, which
is calculated on an estimated population.
The rate for 1931 is 49.14 per 1,000 births, which is slightly
lower than last year. The rates for England and Wales and for
London during the same period were 66 and 65 respectively.
Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 1441,
excluding re-registrations, but 268 of these did not belong to this
district, while 170 births properly belonging to this district occurred
outside the district. The nett number of births thus attributable to
the district is 1343. Adopting the population basis suggested by
the Registrar-General for the calculation of the birth-rate, this
comes to 17.61 per 1,000. The birth-rate of England and Wales
was 15.8 per 1,000, and for London 15.0 per 1,000.