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Hornsey 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Notification of Births Acts, 1907 & 1915.
All live births and still births of seven months and over must
be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours, in
addition to being registered within a period of six weeks after
birth.

Table: The number of births notified under the Acts during 1932 was:—

The number of births notified under the Acts during 1932 was:—

Male.Female.Total.
Live births6255991,224
Still births212142
6466201,266

Table: The births were notified:—

The births were notified:—

By Doctors177
By Borough Midwife147
By other Mid wives339
By Hospitals113
By parents45
By others370
1,191

Table: Unnotified (from Registrar's return):—

Unnotified (from Registrar's return):—

Live births73
Still births2
75
1,266

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of this number there were: Live births. Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 184 5
Occurring in Hospitals, etc., outside
the district belonging to Hornsev 357 18

Table: The 1,077 net number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—

The 1,077 net number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—

Brook Road537
Wightman Road262
Highgate252
Coldfall Sub-Centre26
1,077