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Still-Births.
55 still-births were registered during the year as follows:—
Legitimate Il'egitimate Total
Male 27 5 32
Female 22 1 23
Illegitimacy.
The number of illegitimate births was equivalent to 3.4 per cent.
of the total births.
The figures relative to illegitimacy for previous years are as follows:
Av. for 10 yrs. Av. for 5 yrs.
1915-1924. 1925-1929 1930 1931
No. of illegitimate
births 77 58 59 55
Percentage of total
births 2.9 3.0 3.4 3.2
Notification of Births.
Registration of birth is compulsory within six weeks of birth, and,
in addition, the Notification of Births Act, 1907 provides for the notification
to the local Medical Officer of Health of all births and all
still-births occurring after the 28th week of gestation.
Interchange of notifications in respect of children of Deptford
mothers born outside the Borough, and of mothers from other boroughs
confined in Deptford, is provided for.
During 1931, the number of births to Deptford mothers (after
allowing for inward and outward transfers) was registered as 1,745, and
the number of notifications received of births actually occurring in the
Borough was 1,324.
The following is an analysis of these notifications: