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1. NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS.
One thousand four hundred and sixty-six births (70 of
which belonged to other areas) were notified during the year under
the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, as follows: —
Doctors and Parents 785 Midwives 681.
Included in the above are 390 births which were notified as
having occurred outside the Borough.
Also included are 46 stillbirths, 5 of which did not belong to
the area. Twenty-two were notified by Doctors and 24 by Midwives.
Of the total, 14 occurred outside the area.
The stillbirth rate per 1,000 population was 0.47.
2. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS.
The Registrar-General's returns show the following registrations
during the calendar year:-
(a) Live Births.
Males Females Totals
Legitimate 782 842 1,624
Illegitimate 17 29 46
Total 799 871 1,670
(b) Stillbirths.
Legitimate 38 2361
Illegitimate 2 2 4
Total 40 25 65
Of 1,345 birth registrations received in the Department
between 1st January, 1933 and 30th December, 1933, a total of
305 were not notified in this area, but some may possibly have
been notified elsewhere, especially in view of the fact that of the
1,345 registrations 91 referred to births which belonged to other
areas. In addition it will be seen that the Registrar-General's
figure (1,670) is 325 more than the local registrations. Presumably
these were births registered and possibly notified in other
areas.
The early visiting of newly-born infants by the Health Visitors
is entirely dependent upon efficient notification.
Of the 1,345 local registrations 91 are excluded, leaving a net
total of 1,254, which are allocated to the Wards as follows:-