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the Borough, and births in outlying institutions added on).
The birth rate, 22.5, compared with 22.3 in the previous
year, and with 25.8, the average for the ten years 190312.
The rate for the County of London was 24.8.
It is satisfactory to note an apparent arrest in the fall
of the birth rate, but it may possibly be due to an underestimate
of the population.
Notification of Births. 2,637 live births were notified
under the Notification of Births Act. This is at the rate of
92 per cent. of the registered births, compared with 83, 88,
93, 91, and 94 per cent. in the five preceding years. 1,588
births were notified by midwives, 298 by the Home for
Mothers and Babies and Military Families Hospital, 500 by
medical practitioners, and the remainder by other persons.
79 still-births were notified.
The Notification of Births Act was adopted on March 1st,
1908. There were 239 births last year which were pot
notified. Two midwives were warned for neglect to notify.
976 live births, or 95 per cent., were notified in Woolwich
parish, 1,442, or 90 per cent., in Plumstead parish, and 219,
or 90 per cent., in Eltham.
A card of instructions is sent to the mother of every child
at once on notification, and the Lady Health Visitor visits
in the course of the next two weeks those mothers who are
considered to most need instruction. With very few exceptions
the advice is welcomed.
All mothers are invited to bring their infants for weighing
and advice at the Town Hall, where an Infant Consultation