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Hornsey 1933

[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.

The number of births notified under the Acts during 1933

MaleFemale.Total.
Live births6185541,172
Still births192140
6375751,212

The births were notified:—

By Doctors174
,, Borough Midwife134
,, other Mid wives295
,, Hospitals126
,, parents44
,, others401
1,174

Unnotified (from Registrars return):—

Live births34
Still births4
38
1,212

Of this number there were:-

Live births.Still Dirths.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred to other districts1803
Occurring in Hospitals, etc., outside the district belonging to Hornsey39016

The 1,029 nett number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—

Brook Road478
Wightman Road257
Highgate263
Coldfall Sub-Centre31
1,029