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required were comparatively few. In such cases as there was failure a perfectly
reasonable explanation was forthcoming and the necessity for taking proceedings did
not arise.
The main sources of the notifications are set out below and, for purposes of
comparison, the figures for the two previous years are also shown. The figures, it
may be noted, refer to notifications and not to births. In some cases duplicate
notifications, from different sources, were received with regard to the same birth.
1913. 1912. 1911.
From parents 783 or 18.7 per cent. 509 or 12.1 per cent. 564 or 13.7 per cent.
„ doctors 500 „ 11.9 „ 592 „ 14.1 ,, 491 „ 14.1 „
„ midwives .„ 758 „ 18.1 „ 780 „ 18.6 „ 774 „ 18.6 „
„ other persons 4 „ .09 „ 18 „ .4 „ 38 „ .4 „
„ hospitals, etc. 2,140 „ 51.1 „ 2,286 „ 54.6 „ 2,223 „ 54.6 „
Of the total births notified, 144 referred to still-births (82 males and
62 females); 1,745 took [place at Queen Charlotte's Hospital; 387 at Middlesex
Hospital; and 1,672 were born at home. Of those notified as having occurred in
St. Marylebone, 1,714 belonged to other Boroughs, as follows:—
Legitimate Males 524
„ Females 490
Illegitimate Males 359
„ Females 341
1,714
DEATHS AND DEATH RATES.
The number of deaths registered in 1913 was 1,627. This figure is inclusive of
persons who, though normally resident in the Borough, died in institutions outside,
but exclusive of persons, who, though they died in St. Marylebone, were ordinarily
resident in other parts of England or Wales. Deaths of persons ordinarily resident
outside the borders of England and Wales are included in the St. Marylebone figures,
if they occur in the Borough.
The corrected death-rate* per 1,000 for the year was 14*9.
In the previous year, the number of deaths was 1,635 and the death rate 14.8.
In 1911 the rate was 16.3 per 1,000.

A definition of the term ''corrected death-rate" will be found on page 9 of the Report for 1912.