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Births.
The total number of births registered during the year was 777,
but 75 of these did not belong to this district, while 25 births
properly belonging to this district occurred outside the district.
The nett number of births thus attributable to the district is 727.
Adopting the population basis suggested by the Registrar-General
for the calculation of the birth-rate, this comes to 16-8 per 1,000.
The birth-rate of England and Wales is 17 7 per 1,000.

Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The following figures give some idea of the work done under
the Notification of Births Act, 1907, during the year 1918.
The number of births notified duriDg the year was 729 or
93 8% of the births registered, as compared with 95 7 in 1917,
and 91-6% in 1916.
Births visited 501
Feeding—Natural 381
Artificial 45
Both 16
No information 59
Still births 18
Sleeping with parents 306
Using comforter 169
Mother working during pregnancy 77
Births re-visited 3162
Fewer re-visits were paid, as compared with last year, which
is attributable to the changes in the Health Visiting Staff during