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Legitimate and Illegitimate Births and Birth Rate.
Of the total 1,238 net births belonging to Hampstead, 1,162 were
those of legitimate and 76 of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 65 per 1,000 births. 35 of the Hampstead illegitimate
infants were born outside the Borough, chiefly in Lying-in Institutions.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all births occurring in the
Borough must be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36
hours. This is in addition to their usual registration with the Registrar
of Births.
The following statement shows the source of information, etc., of
live births notified during the year. As births have to be notified much
sooner than registered, the total number notified differs from the total
number registered.
Notified
within
36 hours.
Notified
after
36 hours.
Total
Notified.
Notified by midwives
522
—
522
„ parents
232
64
296
„ doctors
351
—
351
„ nurses and others
180
—
180
1285
64
1349
In the great majority of those cases where the notification was not
made until after 36 hours had elapsed, I had to draw the attention of
the responsible person to the omission.
During the year 34 still-births were notified, as follows:—
Notified by midwives 12
„ parents 5
„ doctors 12
„ nurses and others 5
Deaths.
The "recorded" death-rate is the rate obtained by calculating the
number of "net" deaths per 1000 of the population. From the total
deaths of civilians registered is deducted the number who were nonresident
persons, and, after subtracting these, the number of deaths of