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1927
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Notification of Births Act, there is a system of transfer which
enables us to carry out the duties under our Maternity and Child
Welfare scheme. Hut under the Registration of Births Act, the
only intimation we receive is a slip at the end of each year from
the Registrar General giving the total number of registered births
belonging to the district. By deducting the number of births
registered locally we ascertain the number of births which have
occurred outside the dictrict. But no particulars whatsoever is
given by the Registrar General, simply the total number. As
over one-sixth of our total births occur outside the district, and
these mothers are usually those who need and welcome
instruction, it will be gathered to what extent our work would be
handicapped if the defect were not remedied through the courtesy
and help of Medical Officers of Health.
Th total number of births belonging to the district was
1026. This figure represents the total number of births registered
during the calendar year and is corrected for inward and outward
transfers. The births registered in the dictrict was 857.
The total number of births corresponds to an annual birth
rate of 16.09 per 1000 inhabitants.
Because the addresses of all the outside births are not
obtainable, it is impossible. to allocate the births to the several
wards. The difference in numbers between the notified births
and the registered births is so small that approximate figures are
given for the several wards. There is a difference of 27 between
the total as given by the Registrar General, and the total number
of which we have particulars. The 999 births were distributed as
follows:—
North-East. North-West. South-East. South-West.
284 190 171 354
The birth rates per 1000 population in the different wards
were as follows:—
North-East. North-West. South-East. South-West.
16 14.5 11.2 20.2
39 children were born out of wedlock, which number
corresponds to illegitimate birth-rate of 3.8 per cent of the total
births.
DEATHS.
The total number of deaths belonging to the district was
704.
445 deaths were registered in the district; of these 21 were
deaths of non-residents.
In addition 280 deaths of residents were registered outside
the district.