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1,000 of the population. The birth-rate for all London for the
same period is 18.0 per 1,000 of the population.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of
this Act 4,779 notifications of births were received during 1925.
This total includes notifications from medical practitioners, midwives,
parents and others. It also includes still-births. The
total is 27 less than the number registered by the Registrars of
Births.
Still-Births.—Amongst the births notified 146 were still-born
This is equal to 3'0 per cent, of those notified. A table is
here given showing the number of notifications received, with
other details in connection with the same.

Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of
illegitimate births registered in the Borough during the year 1925
was 385, but of these, the Registrar-General states that 289
should be transferred to districts outside the Borough, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 20 births which took
place in other districts should be transferred to Hackney. These
corrections having been made, there remain 116 illegitimate
births amongst Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an
illegitimate birth-rate of 28 3 per 1,000 births.