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Illegitimate Births numbered 27 (15 males and 12 females),
being 3.9% of the total number of births.
Births in Institutions.—Local, 31 ; outlying, 383 ; total,
414.
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 351 living and still births notified, 257
were notified by medical practitioners and parents ; and 94 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.—During the year 1934, 22 still births were
registered, making a rate per 1,000 population of 0.43 as compared
with 0.50 in London and 0.62 in England and Wales.
MARRIAGES.
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with
the particulars. There were 416 marriages in the borough during
1934. The marriage rate was thus equal to 8.2 per 1,000 of the
population.
DEATHS.
The number of deaths of Stoke Newington residents registered
during the year 1934 was 585 as compared with 628 in 1933,
making the crude death rate of 11.6 per 1,000 population.
The Registrar General has supplied a factor in order to make
the crude death rate comparable from a mortality point of view with
the crude death rate of the country as a whole or with the