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Births. The number of births registered during the year
1902 was 641 as compared with 646, the average for
the preceding ten years. Of these 325 were males and 316 were
females. The birth rate for the year was 19.8 per 1,000 of the
population. The average for the Borough during the preceding ten
years was 22.6. There were 17 illegitimate births during 1902,
10 of these occurring in the Union Workhouse, 1 in the North
Ward, 4 in the East, and 2 in the West Ward. The birth rate
varied in the different Wards, being 22.4 in the North, 10 8 in the
South, 24'9 in the East, 17.1 in the West, and 18 4 in the Kew
Ward. The birth rate for England and Wales during 1902 was
:28'6, for the 76 great towns on the Registrar General's list it was
30, and for the 103 smaller towns it was 27.3 per 1,000 of the
population.
Deaths. The total number of deaths registered in the Borough
during 1902 was 458; of these 114 died in the Union
Workhouse and Royal Hospital, 53 of whom belonged to outside
districts. Eight patients from Richmond died at Mogden Isolation
Hospital and 13 at Brookwood Asylum. Correcting for the above,
results in a total of 426 deaths for the Borough—(206 males and
220 females)—which gives an annual rate of 13.2 per 1,000 of the
population living.
There were 11 bodies recovered from the river Thames. None
of these persons had resided in the Borough, but according to the
instructions of the Local Government Board, in estimating the
death rate only non.residents in public institutions are to be
.excluded. The above.mentioned deaths have, therefore, been
allocated to the Wards in which the bodies were taken from the
river.
Deducting these figures, the death rate for the year would
be 12.3 per 1,000 of the population.
The mean annual death rate of the Borough for the preceding
ten years was 14T, whilst the mean for London for the same period