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estimates at 1,183 Whereas calculated in the usual way by
taking the average number of inmates of occupied houses
at the last Census, the estimate would have been 1,290—as
our figures are so small, this will make a considerable difference
in the various rates based thereon, which must be considered
accordingly.
Births.
The same authority states that the Birth Rate should not
be calculated on the population of the current, but the previous
year, for reasons which are too long to detail here.
There were only 27 births registered during the year, the
lowest number since 1911; of these 27 births, only 10 were
boys.
If the Birth Rate is based upon the population of the
•previous year, viz., 1,265, it works out at 21.3 per 1,000, but
if on the civil population for the year, viz., 1,183, it is 22.7.
There was only one illegitimate birth and none occurred
in Institutions outside the District of residents thereof.
Notification of Births Act.
This act is now universal although much benefit will not
accrue therefrom, unless worked in conjunction with Health
Visiting, and child welfare arrangements; as stated in my
last Annual Report nothing of this kind is done in the District
for reasons given therein:—
Immediately a Birth is notified a copy of the notification
is sent to the County M.O., The Middlesex County Council
being the Supervising Authority for Mid wives, etc., for this
District.
Infantile Mortality.
Of the 27 Births 3 died within the year giving the excessively
high rate of 111.3 per 1,000 children born. Of course,
the smallness of numbers under consideration makes a great
difference, this rate for the previous year was 93.7 per 1,000.
and varies considerably, in 1888 it was only 35.7