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PUBLIC HE.iJ.TH, ACT, 1956 (Sec. 203)
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS
All live births and still-births of seven months and over mast "be
notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hoars, in addition
to "being registered within a period of six weeks after birth.
SUMMARY OF BIRTHS NOTIFIED, 1945
Male
Female
Total
Live births
767
763
1,530
Still-births
16
15
31
783
778
1,561
The births were notified
By doctors 9
" Borough Hidwives 315
" Alexandra Maternity Home 268
" Other Midwives 20
" Hospitals 656
" Others 276
Not notified (information extracted from Registrar's Returns)
Live births 17
Still-births —
1,561
Of this number there were
Live births Still-births
Occurring in the Borough and transferred to
other districts 210 1
Belonging to Hornsey and occurring in
Hospitals, etc., outside the district 653 16
The 1,350 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
579
12
591
Burgoyne Road Centre
275
9
284
Church Road Centre
228
7
235
Coldfall Centre
238
2
240
1,320
30
1,350
21