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Illegitimate Births numbered 32 (9 males and 23 females),
being 4.3 % of the total number of births.
Births in Institutions.—Local, 17 ; outlying, 498 ; total,
515.
Notification of Births.—Section 255 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936, 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 287 living and still births notified, 217
were notified by medical practitioners and parents ; and 70 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 1937, 23 still births were
registered, making a rate per 1,000 population of 0.46 as compared
"with 0'54 in London and 0'60 in England and Wales.
MARRIAGES
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with
the particulars. There were 449 marriages in the borough during
1937. The marriage rate was thus equal to 8.9 per 1,000 of the
population, or a rate of 17.8 persons married per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 16.8 for the year 1936.
DEATHS
I he number of deaths of Stoke Newington residents registered
during the year 1937 was 631 as compared with 575 in 1936, making
the crude death rate of 12.5 per 1,000 population.
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