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The following visits are included in the above table:—
Births
3312
Consumption
87
Ophthalmia
27
Poliomyelitis
4
Erysipelas
1
Diarrhœa
4
Infantile Deaths
8
Verminous Children
229
Puerperal Fever
8
3680
The number of births notified under the Notification of
Births Act during this period was 2997. 146 parents had to be
written to on account of the failure to comply with the Act, and
in 11 of these cases a second letter was necessary, making a
total of 157 letters sent.
In the following table, information will be found with
regard to the births notified in the different wards, together
with the sex, whether born alive or dead, and by whom the
birth was notified :—
Ward.
Births Notified.
Alive
Dead.
By whom Notified.
Males.
Females
Total.
Parent.
Doctor.
Midwife.
Other
Person.
East
372
3G6
738
709
29
118
136
469
15
North
359
385
744
732
12
201
203
298
42
Nth.-west
383
356
739
729
10
228
232
251
28
South
99
75
174
170
4
111
37
18
8
Sth-East
118
145
263
254
9
85
77
90
11
Sth-West
171
168
339
328
11
147
83
73
36
Totals
1502
1495
2997
2922
75
890
768
1199
140
Details as to the feeding of the babies visited is given
below. "Mixed feeding" means both breast and hand-fed.