Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, in
addition to being registered within a period of six weeks after
birth.
The number of births notified under the Acts during 1932 was:—
Male. | Female. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Live births | 625 | 599 | 1,224 |
Still births | 21 | 21 | 42 |
646 | 620 | 1,266 |
The births were notified:—
By Doctors | 177 |
By Borough Midwife | 147 |
By other Mid wives | 339 |
By Hospitals | 113 |
By parents | 45 |
By others | 370 |
1,191 |
Unnotified (from Registrar's return):—
Live births | 73 | |
Still births | 2 | |
75 | ||
1,266 |
of this number there were: Live births. Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 184 5
Occurring in Hospitals, etc., outside
the district belonging to Hornsev 357 18
The 1,077 net number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—
Brook Road | 537 |
Wightman Road | 262 |
Highgate | 252 |
Coldfall Sub-Centre | 26 |
1,077 |