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Notified Births.
Under an Act of 1907, a birth must be notified to the Medical
Officer of Health within 36 hours. The information obtained in
this manner enables the Health Visitor to exercise supervision of the
mother and infant in the early days succeeding the confinement.
During the year notifications were received of 2,699 births.
Still-Births.
Notifications of 89 still-births were received, and details of these
are as follows : —
Total number notified 89
Out-of-Borough cases born in the Borough, and not
investigated 5
Borough Cases born outside the Borough 12
Number of Borough cases 84
Borough cases in which no enquiry could be made 15
The causes of still-birth in the 69 cases which were investigated
were as follows : —
Maternal Causes :
Toxaemia 23
Eclampsia 1
Ante-partum Hæmorrhage :—
Placenta Prævia 1
Accidental Hæmorrhage 5
Delayed Labour 1
Difficult Instrumental Labours 12
Syphilis 1
Hydramnios 1
Fall 1
Shock 2
Fatal Causes:
Breech Presentation 8
Cord Presentation 1
Monstrosity 1
Causes not known 11
Marriages.
The number of marriages registered in the Borough during the
year was 1,860, compared with 1,726 in 1934. Of this number,
1,034 were solemnised in the Established Church, 218 in Non-conformist
Places of Worship, and 608 at the Register Office.