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NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT. 1907 & 1915.
All live births and still births of seven months and over must
be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 3G hours, in
addition to being registered within it period of six weeks after
birth.
The number of births notified under the Acts during 1936
was: —
Male. Female. Total.
Live births 679 653 1,332
Still births 19 17 36
698 670 1,368
The births were notified : —
By Doctors 124
,, Borough Midwife 169
,, other Midwives 351
„ Hospitals 173
,, parents 37
,, others 462
1,316
Unnotified (from Registrar's return): —
Live births 47
Still births 5
— 52
1,368
Of this number there were: —
Live births. Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 204 5
Belonging to Hornsey and occurring
in Hospitals, etc., outside the
district 543 20