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Notification of Births.
Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, a medical practitioner attending a
woman in her confinement is required, within 36 hours, to give notice to the Medical Officer of
Health of the occurrence of the birth of a child, alive or dead unless he (or she) has reason
to believe that the father of the child, or some other person who either was present at the birth
or who was in attendance on the mother within six hours afterwards, has already sent the
notification. No fee is payable.
This notification is in addition to, and not in substitution for, Registration of Birth, which
must be made within 42 days of the birth.
Births (live and still) notified as having taken place in St. Pancras 3,296
Less non-residents born in the borough 1,846
1,450
Add St. Pancras residents born outside the borough 1,297
Total St. Pancras births notified 2,747
62 of these were still births, leaving a net figure of 2,685 live births notified in 1947.
Note.—The number of notified births in any one year differs from the number of
registered births in the same year owing to the difference in time allowed for notification and
registration.
Deaths—All Ages.
Rate per 1,000 of
M. F. Total estimated population
1,012 904 1,916 14.0
Comparable figures for preceding years are set out on page 22.
Death Rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 34
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 30
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 61
Comparable figures for preceding years:—
Year. All Infants. Legitimate. Illegitimate.
1939 52 46 94
1940 56 52 86
1941 51 52 44
1942 66 59 117
1943 71 66 99
1944 64 57 105
1945 44 40 65
1946 38 37 47
See also tables on pages 22 and 23.