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1927]
(iv) Section 7 of the Act requires that when a still-birth is registered, the
relatives giving information must either (i) deliver to the Registrar of Births
and Deaths a written certificate that the child was not born alive, signed by
a registered medical practitioner or certified midwife who was in attendance
at the birth or who has examined the body of the child; or (ii) make a declaration
in the prescribed form to the effect that no registered medical practitioner
was present at the birth or has examined the body, or that his or her
certificate cannot be obtained, and that the child was not born alive.
(v.) In a case where neither a registered medical practitioner nor a certified
midwife has been in attendance or present at the birth, or where his or
her certificate cannot be obtained, and it is brought to the notice of the
Local Authority by the Registrar, the Medical Officer of Health is required
to have inquiries made by a Health Visitor and to inform the Registrar
whether he is satisfied that the child was really still-born, or whether there
are any suspicious circumstances attaching to the case.

*Registration came in force on 1st July, 1927.
† Of the total number (76) registered still-births, 18 were not notified under the
Notification of Births Act, 1907; therefore, the total still-births coming to the
knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year was 140, (i.e.
122 + 18) or 22.4 per 1,000 total births (including still born).
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year numbered 4,124 (exclusive of stillbirths),
while the death-rate was equal to 12.3 per 1,000 of the estimated population,
or 0.3 above that of the previous year (12.0), and compares favourably with
the death-rate of England and Wales (12.3) and the 107 Great Towns (12.2).
A noteworthy feature of the death-rate is that it has been continually falling
since 1918, when the rate was 20.4.
The Deaths and, Death-rates from All Causes in the Sub-Registration