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Vital Statistics.
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The birth-rate was 11.86 per 1,000, compared with 12.26
for 1931, and 14.03 the decennial average.
The rate for the whole of London during 1932 was 14.2 and
for England and Wales, 15.3.
152 illegitimate births took place in the Borough, but only
79 belonged to the Borough. On the other hand 120 illegitimate
births belonging to Wandsworth occurred outside the Borough,
making a corrected total of illegitimate births belonging to
Wandsworth of 199. 48 of these belonged to Clapham, 18 to
Putney, 30 to Balham, 40 to Streatham, 22 to Tooting, and 41
to Wandsworth.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was
4.7.
The illegitimate births in nursing homes have again been
allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
Notification of Births Act.
The following Table shows the number of births notified in
each sub-district and in the whole Borough, the persons by
whom notified, and the number born dead.