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Hackney 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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One hundred and thirty notifications were received during the
year under the Notification of Births Act, 1907, in respect of stillborn
children. 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.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
| Medical Practitioners | Midwives. | Parents and others. | Total. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1929 | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | ||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Totals | 236 | 248 | 6 | 6 | 1,592 | 1,523 | 55 | 49 | 334 | 292 | 6 | 8 | 2,162 | 2,063 | 67 | 63 |
Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of illegitimate
births registered in the Borough during the year 1929 was 375,
but of these, the Registrar-General states that 278 should be transferred
to districts outside the Borough, as the mothers were not
Hackney residents, and 32 births which took place in other districts
should be transferred to Hackney. These corrections having been
made, there remain 129 illegitimate births amongst Hackney residents
This is equivalent to an illegitimate birth-rate of 37.6 per 1,000 births.
The following table gives the number of registered births, birth-rates, etc., for the Sub-districts in the Borough:—
| Registration District of Hackney | Registration Sub-district | All London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Central | Southwest | South-East | |||
| Total No. of births | 4267 | 462 | 2173 | 6517 | 975 | 70,090 |
| Rate per 1,000 living | 19.9 | 8.5 | 42.8 | 11.9 | 17.9 | 15.8 |
| No. of illegitimate births | 129 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 births | 37.6 | |||||
It will be noticed that the birth-rate is abnormally high in the
Central District compared with other registration Sub-districts. This
is accounted for by reason of 1,607 births occurring during the
year at the Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, which Institution is
situate in the Central District. Of this number 1,154 births are
transferable to districts outside Hackney.
The following table shows the birth-rates for the Borough and
its Sub-Districts during the years 1919-3929, inclusive:—