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Legitimate and Illegitimate Births and Birth Rate.
Of the total 1,186 net births belonging to Hampstead, 1,105 were
those of legitimate and 81 of illegitimate children, the latter being at
the rate of 68 per 1,000 births. 32 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
the births notified during the year. As live births have to be notified
much sooner than registered, the total number notified differs from
the total number registered. The registration of still births has not
yet been made compulsory.
Notified within
36 hours.
Notified after
36 hours.
Total Notified.
Live
Births.
Still
Births.
Live
Births.
Still
Births.
Live
Births.
Still
Births.
Notified by midwives 505 8 — — 505 8
„ parents 224 5 58 — 282 5
„ doctors 360 8 — — 360 8
„ nurses and others 175 5 — — 175 5
1264 26 58 — 1322 26
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.
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
civilian Hampstead residents who died outside the Borough is added.
The total net deaths during 1924 was 1,029 or 11.7 per 1000 of the
population, as compared with 947 in the preceding year. These deaths