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Hornsey 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Notification of Births Acts, 1907 & 1915.
All live births and still births of seven months and over must
be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours.
The number of births notified under the Acts during 1930
was: —
Male.
Female.
Total.
Live births
627
601
1,228
Still births
18
20
38
645
621
1,266
The births were notified:—
By parents
82
By doctors
248
By Borough Midwife
140
By other midwives
417
By Hospitals
169
By others
210
1,266
Unnotified (from Registrar's Return): —
Live births
77
Still births
5
82
1,348
Of this number there were:—
Live births. Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 192 4
Occurring in Hospitals, etc., outside
the district belonging to Hornsey 355 13
The 1,152 net number of births belonging to Hornsey were
divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—
Brook Road 549
Wightman Road 278
Highgate 280
Coldfall Sub-Centre 45