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Notification of Births Act.
During 1927 the number of notifications of live births received
was 2,709. The corrected number of births registered during the
year in Battersea was 2,801. The proportion of notified to registered
births was, therefore, 96.7 per cent.
The number of still births notified during the year was 79 or
2.8 of the total live births.
197 living and 4 still-births of Battersea children born in other
districts were notified from the districts in which these births
occurred.
The registration of still-births became compulsory under the
provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926, on
1st July, 1927.
From this date to 31st December, 59 still-births were registered
in Battersea, of which 13 were of non-resident, and 46 of Battersea
parents. 46 still-births (or 100 per cent.) were notified during
the same period.
Notified births are visited and revisited by the Council's
official Health Visitors and the visitors of the Voluntary organisations
included in the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme.
A weekly return of all births notified is forwarded to the London
County Council, in accordance with the requirements of Sec. 5,
Sub-Sec. 2, of the Notification of Births Act.