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The registration of still-births became compulsory under the
provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1930 there were 130 still births registered in Battersea,
of which 44 were of non-resident, and 86 of Battersea parents.
Seventeen still births occurring outside the Borough were registered
as belonging to Battersea, making 103 in all. This total represents
a still birth-rate of 37.4 per 1,000 births (live and still) registered.
Of the 103 still births 9 (8.74 per cent.) were registered as illegitimate.
99 still births (85 from within and 14 from without the Borough),
were notified under the Notification of Births Acts during the year
as belonging to Battersea, the number notified being 96.1 per
cent, of the total Battersea still births registered, and 3.59 per cent,
of the total births registered.
Notified births are visited and revisited by the Council's
official Health Visitors or 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 the Notification
of Births Act, 1907.

These rates are based upon the estimate furnished by the Registrar
General of the population of each Borough at the middle of 1930.