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Hornsey 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Sec. 203).
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS.
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 1939 was: —
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live births | 636 | 577 | 1,213 |
| Still births | 19 | 20 | 39 |
| 655 | 597 | 1,252 | |
| The births were notified: — By doctors | 47 | ||
| ,, Borough Midwives | 224 | ||
| ,, other midwives | 308 | ||
| ,, hospitals | 131 | ||
| ,, parents | 8 | ||
| ,, others | |||
| 1,221 | |||
Not notified (from Registrar's return) :—
Live births 30
Still births 1
31
1,252
Of this number there were: —
Live births. Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 211 4
Belonging to Hornsey and occurring
in Hospitals, Ac., outside the
district 543 21
The 1,037 nett number of notified births belonging to
Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as
follows: —