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Illegitimate Births numbered 33 (17 males and 16 females),
being 5.1% of the total number of births.
Births in Institutions.—Local, 33; outlying, 368; total,
401.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—This Act requires all
live births and every still birth occurring after the twenty-eighth
week of pregnancy to be notified within thirty-six hours to the
Medical Officer of Health of the district in which they occur.
During the year, of the 323 living and still births notified, 253
were notified by medical practitioners and parents; and 70 by
midwives.
A cautionary letter was sent to the person in default whenever
it was discovered by means of the Registrar-General's returns
that the birth of a child had not been notified in accordance with
the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.
Still Births.—During the year 1933, 20 still births were
registered, making a rate per 1,000 population of 0.39 as compared
with 0.45 in London and 0.62 in England and Wales.
MARRIAGES.
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with
the particulars. There were 379 marriages in the Borough during
1933. The marriage rate was thus equal to 7.4 per 1,000 of the
population.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths of Stoke Newington residents registered
during 1933 was 628 as compared with 669 in 1932, making the
annual death rate 12.3 per 1,000 population, for 1933, as compared
with 12.9 for 1932.
Table I shows the causes of death at the different periods of
life at which they occurred.