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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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1927]
| Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
Illegitimate Births (182).— The illegitimate births numbered 182 and
show a decrease of 26 on the return of the year 1926. They were equal to a rate
of 3.0 pet 100 registered births.
| Notified by: | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and other Persons. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | |
Still-Births (Registration).
The registration of still-births came into operation on the 1st July, 1927,
under the "Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926." The definition of "stillbirth"
for this purpose in section 12 of the Act is as follows:—
(i) "'Still-born' and 'Still-birth' shall apply to any child which has
issued forth from its mother after the twenty-eighth week of pregnancy and
which did not at any time after being completely expelled from its mother,
breathe or show any other signs of life."
(ii) For the purposes of the Births and Deaths Registration Acts a child
which, whatever the period of pregnancy, breathes or shows any other signs
of life after complete expulsion from the mother, is a live-born child; and if
it dies even within a brief period only after birth, both the birth and the
death must be registered by the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
(iii) A "still-born" child may not be buried in a burial ground until
a certificate of the registration of the still-birth has been obtained from
the Registrar of Births and Deaths and delivered to the person having control
over the burial ground. In certain circumstances a certificate (which
will serve the same purpose) can be obtained from the Registrar that he has
received notice of the still-birth.
† vide p. 5.