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SECTION 7.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
53. GENERAL.
The question of clinic accommodation is one which you have at present before
you and is one in which I know you are deeply interested. I hope it will be possible
to arrange at an early date for all the clinic work to be done in permanent buildings.
54. REGISTRATION AND NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS.
By the Registration Act, 1836, all live births must be registered within a period
of six weeks.
The actual number of live births within the district during the year was 1,080,
the net total of 1,105 being obtained by adjustment of "transferred" notifications.
The live births registered included 574 males and 531 females. There were 20
illegitimate births, or 1.8 per cent. of the total. In comparison with 1931, 158 more
births were registered during the year, an increase equivalent to 16.7 per cent.
By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all live births and still-births of seven
months and over are required to be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within
36 hours. Of the total live births all except 18 were notified. In addition, 2 stillbirths
were not notified.

Of the total live births within the district during the year, 808 or 74.8 per cent.
were attended by midwives, the remainder being attended by medical practitioners.
55. BIRTH RATE.
The birth rate for the year was 18.3, compared with 15.3 for England and
Wales.