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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.
SUMMARY OF BIRTHS NOTIFIED, 1943.
Male Female. Total.
Live births 732 710 1,442
Still births 23 23 46
755 733 1,488
The births were notified:—
By doctors 14
,, Borough Midwives 437
,, Other Midwives 331
,, Hospitals 170
,. Others 512
1,464
Un-notified (from Registrar's returns):
Live births 21
Still births 3
24
1,488
Of this number there were:—
Live births Still births.
Occurring in the Borough and transferred
to other districts 175 3
Belonging to Hornsey and occurring in
Hospitals, etc., outside the district 654 32
The 1,310 nett number of notified births belonging to Hornsey
were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—
Live Births. Still Births. Total
Town Hall Centre 576 14 590
Burgoyne Road Centren 254 10 264
Church Road Centre 246 11 257
Coldfall Sub-Centre 191 8 199
1,267 43 1,310
Births attended by Borough Midwives:—
Miss Andrews 159
Miss Hughes 90
Miss Matthews 102
Mrs. Thompson 69
Miss Jones 17
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