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Births.
The births during the year were 669, of which 348 were males
and 321 were females; this gives a birth rate of 22.8 per 1,000
compared with a rate of 27.9 for England and Wales, and 29.1
for the Outer Ring of London.
The mean birth rate for 10 years, 1894-1903, was 24.0, against
29.2 for England and Wales in the same period.
The Outer Ring is that portion of the Metropolitan Police
District which is outside the district of Registration London,
and includes such districts as Croydon, Wimbledon, Richmond,
Beckenham, Uxbridge, Harrow, Enfield, and Walthamstow,
many of which may be fairly compared, from a health point of
view, with our own district.
Our birth rate continues to show a steady decline. This is
partly to be explained by the fact that Bromley is a residential
locality where large numbers of unmarried servants are employed,
and that many of the residents are of middle age, having
moved out here from the districts nearer London in which the
earlier and reproductive years of their married life were spent.
17 illegitimate births were registered, i.e., 2.5 percent. of
the total number of births.
Marriages.
During the year there were registered 238 marriages, of which
number: —
156 took place in churches of the Established Church.
17 took place in Nonconformist Churches and the Roman
Catholic Church.
65 took place in the Superintendent Registrar's Office.