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Hampstead 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Notification of Births Act, 1907.
All births, whether of live or still born children, are required to
be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours. The
following statement shows the source of information, etc., of the
Hampstead births notified during the year:—
| Live Births | 978 | Notified by Midwives | 354 |
| Still Births | 34 | „ Doctors and Parents | 658 |
| Total | 1012 | Total | 1012 |
Of the total nett live births only 30 per cent. occurred at the
usual place of residence of the mother.
Information has been recorded, wherever possible; of the housing
conditions of families in which a birth occurred at home. The following
table shows an analysis of 202 instances where these births were
visited, and where the information was obtainable:—
| No. of persons in family. | No. of families occupying the following number of rooms. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | 6 rooms. | |
| l | l | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | — | 29 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 21 | 27 | 6 | — | — |
| 4 | — | 11 | 21 | 5 | — | — |
| 5 | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 6 | — | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — |
| 7 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2 | 69 | 105 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
The newly-born baby has not been included in the above.
Of these 202 births :—
1 per cent. occurred in 1-roomcd tentments.
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