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Illegitimate Births numbered 36 (15 males and 21 females),
being 5 . 2 % of the total number of births.
Births in Institutions.—Local, 12; outlying, 522 ; total,
534.
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 242 living and still births notified, 166
were notified by medical practitioners and parents; and 76 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 1938, 22 still births were
registered, making a rate per 1,000 population of 0.44 as compared
with 0.48 in London and 0.60 in England and Wales.
MARRIAGES
The Superintendent Registrar has kindly furnished me with
the particulars. There were 440 marriages in the borough during
1938. The marriage rate was thus equal to 8.7 per 1,000 of the
population, or a rate of 17.4 persons married per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 17. 8 for the year 1937.
DEATHS
The number of deaths of Stoke Newington residents registered
during the year 1938 was 555 as compared with 631 in 1937, making
the crude death rate of 110 per 1,000 population.
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