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Illegitimate Births numbered 33 (15 males and 18 females),
being 4.2% of the total number of births.
Births in Institutions.—Local, 20 ; outlying, 333 ; total,
353.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—This Act requires all
live births and every still birth occurring after the twenty-eighth
week of pregnancy to be notified within thirty-six hours to the
Medical Officer of Health of the district in which they occur.
During the year, of the 443 living and still births notified, 322
were notified by medical practitioners and parents ; and 121 by
midwives,
A cautionary letter was sent to the person in default whenever
it was discovered by means of the Registrar-General's returns
that the birth of a child had not been notified in accordance with
the provisions of the above-mentioned Act.
Still Births.—The Births and Deaths Registration Act,
1926, which came into operation on June 1st, 1927, requires that
all still born children shall be duly registered with the Registrar of
Births and Deaths in addition to being notified to the Medical
Officer of Health. A still born child is any child born after the
twenty-eighth week of pregnancy. The bodies of such infants
must not be buried before a certificate is issued by the Registrar,
or on the order of a Coroner, if there has been an inquest.
During the year 1931, 33 still births were registered, making
a rate per 1,000 population of 0.64 as compared with 0.50 in
London and 0.67 in England and Wales.
MARRIAGES.
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with
the particulars. There were 404 marriages in the Borough during
1931. The marriage rate was thus equal to 7.9 per 1,000 of the
population.