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Notification of Births.
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:—

Of the total nett live births registered only 24 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 161 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.
1 2 1 - -
2 2 20 33 2
3 - 24 18 5 3
4 - 7 9 7
5 - 2 10 4 2
6-232
7 - - 1 - - 1
8 - - - - 1
Totals 4 56 74 20 6 1
The newly-born baby has not been included in the above
Of these 161 births:—
2 per cent, occurred in 1-roomed tenements.
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