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Illegitimate Births numbered 16 (10 males and 6 females),
being 2.3% of the total number of births.
Births in Institutions.—Local, 12 ; outlying, 493; total,
505.
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 261 living and still births notified, 213
were notified by medical practitioners and parents ; and 48 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 1936, 26 still births were
registered making a rate per 1,000 population of 0.52 as compared
with 0.53 in London and 0.61 in England and Wales.
MARRIAGES
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with
the particulars. There were 423 marriages in the borough during
1936. The marriage rate was thus equal to 8.4 per 1,000 of the
population, or a rate of 16.8 persons married per 1,000 of the
population, as compared with 16.4 for the year 1935.
DEATHS
The number of deaths of Stoke Newington residents registered
during the year 1936 was 575 as compared with 557 in 1935, making
the crude death rate of 11.4 per 1,000 population.
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