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BIRTHS.
The Birth Rate is the number of births per 1,000 of the
population. A more accurate estimate would be arrived at by calculating
the number of births per 1,000 married women of child-bearing age.
The figures upon which such a calculation can be made are only
obtainable for the census years.

Of the Married Women 13,397 and 18,146
were between the ages of 15 and 45 years = 71.46% and 69.29%
of the total female population for the two years respectively.
The births for the two years were 3,172 and 3,861
The birth rate was in 1901, 30.7 per 1,000, and in 1911 27.9
per 1,000.
The birth rate per thousand married women between the ages
of 15 and 45 years for 1901 was 236.77 and for 1911, 212.77.
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During 1914, 3,896 births were registered in Tottenham, being
115 more than in 1913. The males numbered 1,993 end the females
1,903. 75 were illegitimate, equal to 19%. The corresponding
percentages for 1911, 1912, and 1913 wer3 1.1, 2.6 and 2.3 respectively.
3,334 births were notified according to the requirements of the
Notification of Births Act; 525 by Doctors, 1,671 by Midwives,
1,138 by others. Doctors frequently instruct the parents to notify the
Medical Officer of the occurrence of a birth. The parents do not
obey the instruction and no notification is received. It would facilitate
the working of the Notification of Births Act were Doctors and
wives themselves to accept and fulfil the duty of notification.
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The birth rate for England and Wales was 23.8.
The birth rate for Tottenham was 26.0.
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