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The registration of still-births became compulsory under the
provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1931 there were 110 still-births registered in Battersea,
of which 54 were of non-resident, and 56 of Battersea parents.
Ten still-births occurring outside the Borough were registered
as belonging to Battersea, making 66 in all. This total represents
a still-birth-rate of 26.0 per 1,000 births (live and still) registered.
Of the 66 still-births 5 (7.58 per cent.) were registered as illegitimate.
61 still-births (56 from within and 5 from without the Borough),
were notified under the Notification of Births Acts during the year
as belonging to Battersea, the number notified being 92.4 per
cent. of the total Battersea still-births registered, and 2.40 per cent.
of the total births registered.
Notified births are visited and revisited by the Council's
official Health Visitors or the health 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 1931.