Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1916
TABLE 3.
BIRTHS.
| Registered in the District | 1,288 | |||
| Registered outside District | 36 | |||
| Total | 1,324 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 inhabitants | 21 | |||
| A.—Births Registered in the District:— | ||||
| Male | 684 | |||
| Female | 604 | |||
| Ward Distribution:— | ||||
| North East. | North West. | South East. | South West. | |
| 296 | 201 | 345 | 446 | |
| B.—"Acton Births" registered outside the District:— | ||||
| Male | 16 | |||
| Female | 20 | |||
| C.—Illegitimate Births:— | ||||
| Registered inside the District | 52 | |||
| Registered outside the District | 13 | |||
| D.—Male | 700 | |||
| Female | 624 | |||
| E.—Legitimate Births:— | ||||
| Male | 664 | |||
| Female | 595 | |||
| F.—Illegitimate Births:— | ||||
| Male | 36 | |||
| Female | 29 | |||
TABLE 4.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS.
| Live births notified | 1,241 | ||
| Still births notified | 27 | ||
| Births registered but not notified | 43 | ||
| Notifications were received from:— | |||
| Doctors | 635 | ||
| Midwives | 529 | ||
| Nurses | 43 | ||
| Parents | 71 | ||
| Multiple Notifications received | 74 | ||
| Twins | 9 | ||
| Quadruplets | 1 | ||
| Number of Births visited | 915 | ||
| Number of visits paid to homes of infants | 2,513 | ||