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Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915.
By the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, all live
births and stillbirths of seven months and orver must be notified
to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours.
The number of births notified under the above Acts during
1931 was 1,878 (982 males and 896 females).
During the year attention was called in 24 instances to default
in complying with the requirements of the Notification of Births
Acts. In one instance a letter of warning was addressed to the
parents, doctor and nurse regarding the requirements of the Act.
The percentage of births notified by the various responsible
persons was as follows:—
By Medical Practitioners 35.51
By Certified Midwives 50.74
By Parents and others 13.74
In addition, 49 stillbirths (26 males and 23 females) were
notified.
The causes of the 49 stillbirths were as follows: —
Difficult labour 4
Cord around neck 3
Prematurity 1
Extended breech 3
Ante-partum haemorrhage 4
Macerated foetus 5
Malformed infant 1
Anencephalus 1
Albuminuria 1
Pneumonia of mother 1
Foetal distress 1
Shock 1
Fall of mother 3
Contraction of pelvis 1
Unknown 19
In addition, 1 have received notice of 6 stillbirths which took
place outside the district, although the parents reside in Ilford.