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Notification of Births Act, 1907.
During the year 4745 notifications were received under the Notification
of Births Act, 1907.
Total Number of Births Notified, 1909-1912.
1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. Total.
Total No. of Births notified in each
complete year since the adoption
of the Notification of Births Act 4389 4595 4545 4745 18274
(a) Attended by doctors 1073 1139 1353 1553 5118
(b) Attended by midwives 2470 2567 2602 2702 10341
(c) Notified by parents or
other persons than doctors
or midwives and
including Poor Law
Institutions 846 889 590 490 2815
No. of still-births notified in each
of the same years 54 64 106 93 319
No. of births registered in each of
the same years 5035 4963 4879 4849 19726
Percentage Table of Attendances.
Poor Law
Year. Doctors. Midwives. Institutions. Not specified.
1909 24.53 56.47 1.97 17.03
1910 25.10 56.56 2.6 15.73
1911 30.20 58.07 2.94 8.79
1912 32.61 56.72 3.32 7.35
National Conference on Infantile Mortality.
The Committee of the National Conferences on Infantile Mortality
convened a meeting at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on June 4th, with a
view to the formation of a National Association for prevention of Infant
Mortality and the promotion of the welfare of children under school age.