Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington page 6

Islington 1916

Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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1916]
Illegitimate Births.
Illegitimate Births, 289—The number of illegitimate births shows
an increase of 18 as contrasted with 1915, and is below that registered in
1914; it is equal to a rate of 3.98 per cent. of the total births.

Table: The number of births and the percentage of illegitimate births per 100 registered births during each of the preceding years have been as follows:-

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The number of births and the percentage of illegitimate births per 100 registered births during each of the preceding years have been as follows:-

Years.	No. of Illegitimate Births.	Total Births.	Illegitimate Births per 100 Registered Births.
1913	297	8,359	3.55
1914	304	8,177	372
1915	271	7,537	3.59
1916	289	7,262	3.98

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These figures do not indicate that there has been any increase in illegitimacy
since the war began—rather the contrary—and entirely disposes of the
"war babies" scare.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—6,319 notifications were received
and represent 87 per cent. of the total number of births registered. These are
a decrease of 164 on the return for 1915.

Table: The following table gives the number of births notified under this Act by medical practitioners, certified midwives, and other persons in the several sub-registration districts.

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The following table gives the number of births notified under this Act by medical practitioners, certified midwives, and other persons in the several sub-registration districts.

Sub-Registration District.	Doctors.		Certified Midwives.		Parents and Other Persons.		Total.
Sub-Registration District.	Still born.	Alive.	Still born.	Alive.	Still born.	Alive.	Still born.	Alive.
Tufnell	4	76	13	303	4	266	21	645
Upper Holloway	5	69	13	397	2	211	20	677
Tollington	2	27	8	299	5	186	15	512
Lower Holloway	6	115	20	428	10	247	36	790
Highbury	7	218	11	291	11	410	29	919
Barnsbury	1	30	12	519	18	565	31	1,114
South-East	2	159	24	781	9	535	35	1,475
Borough	27	694	101	3,018	59	2,420	187	6,132
Total for year	721		3,119		2,479		6,319

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Islington 1916

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Table: The number of births and the percentage of illegitimate births per 100 registered births during each of the preceding years have been as follows:-

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Table: The following table gives the number of births notified under this Act by medical practitioners, certified midwives, and other persons in the several sub-registration districts.