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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1936 (Sec. 203).
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS.
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 Act during 1941
was:—
Male.
Female.
Total.
Live births
427
409
836
Still births
15
12
27
442
421
863
The births were notified: —
By doctors 18
,, Borough Mid wives 266
,, other midwives 143
,, hospitals 127
,, parents 1
,, others 295
850
Not notified (from Registrar's returns):—
Live births 12
Still births 1
13
863
Of this number there were: —
Live births. Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 88 2
Belonging to Honbsey and occurring
in Hospitals, &c., outside the
district 396 13
The 773 nett number of notified births belonging to Hornsey
were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows: —