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Walthamstow 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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BIRTHS—BIRTH-RATE.
The total number of births registered during the year was 3,649;
males, 1,847; females, 1,802. Twenty-eight of these (males, 15, females
13) occurred at the Union Workhouse.
In 1903 there were 3,535 births; in 1902, 3,426; and in 1901, 3,210.
The birth-rate for 1904 is 3279 per 1,000 as compared with 33'25
for the previous year, and 327 for the preceding 10 years.
The birth-rate for England and Wales for 1904 was 27'9 per 1,000,
or 4'89 per 1,000 below that for this district.
The birth-rate for the country generally is the lowest on record.
The ratio of male to female births was as 100 to 97'6 nearly.
The birth-rate on a population of 108,000 would be 33-8 nearly.