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Deaths of Illegitimate Infants.
The death-rate amongst illegitimate children during 1934 was
134.8 per 1,000 births, as compared with 69.3 in 1933, 81.4 in 1932,
83.3 in 1931, and 161.3 in 1930. The corresponding death-rate
of legitimate children in 1934 was 58.1, the ratio of the mortality
rate of illegitimate infants to that of legitimate being 2.3 to 1.
Still-births.
The registration of still-births became compulsory under the
provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926.
During 1934 there were 98 still-births registered in Battersea,
of which 52 were of Battersea parents. Thirteen still-births occurring
outside the Borough were registered as belonging to Battersea,
making 65 in all, representing a still-birth rate of 29.3 per 1,000
births (live and still) registered. Of the 65 still-births 4 (6.2 per
cent.) were registered as illegitimate.
The number of Battersea still-births registered, and the stillbirth
rates, from 1928 to 1934, were as under :—
No. Rate. No. Rate.
1928 90 31.8 1932 72 30.1
1929 71 26.4 1933 65 27.9
1930 103 37.4 1934 65 29.3
1931 66 26.0
Notification of Births Act.
During 1934 the number of notifications of live births received
belonging to the Borough was 2,043. The corrected number of
births registered during the year in Battersea was 2,154. The
proportion of notified to registered births was, therefore, 94.8
per cent.
There were 257 live births of Battersea children occurring
outside the Borough notified from the districts in which these
births occurred, these cases being included in the total of 2,043
above.
Sixty-three still-births were notified under the provisions of the
Notification of Births Acts during the year, including 14 cases
occurring outside the Borough, the number notified being 96.9 per
cent, of the total Battersea still-births registered.
The homes from which births are notified 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.