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Extracts from Vital Statistics, for the Year 1929.
Total. M. F.
Births{ Legitimate 3,815 1,937 1,878}
Illegitimate 119 61 58 Birth rate, 15.3
Deaths 3,491 1,739 1,752 Death rate, 13.6
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, Childbirth:—
From Sepsis 7
From other causes 4
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births 68
Legitimate, 251; Illegitimate, 17. Total 268
Death from Measles, all ages 4
Deaths from Whooping Cough, all ages 66
Deaths from Diarrhoea, under 2 years of age 38
Registered Births.
The Registrar-General provided particulars that the number
of Camberwell births for the year after correction for inward and
outward transfers was 3,934. These comprised 1,937 legitimate
males, 61 illegitimate males, 1,878 legitimate females, and 58
illegitimate females.
The following table sets out Particulars
showing the census population at the last enumeration, the estimated
population in each successive year, the number of births
registered, and the birth rate in each year since 1921.
Year.
Population.
Births.
Birth Rate.
Census 1921
267,198
6,301
23.5
1922
270,300
5,802
21.4
1923
272,300
5,657
20.7
1924
273,700
5,146
18.8
1925
275,400
4,877
17.7
1926
275,400
4,584
16.6
1927
271,100
4,232
15.6
1928
260,400
4,135
15.8
1929
256,900
3,934
15.3
Notification of Births Act, 1907.
The information provided by the provisions of this Act is
supplementary to the responsibility which devolves upon the
individual under the Births Registration Act, and requires all
live and still births occurring after the 28th week of pregnancy
to be reported within 36 hours to the Medical Officer of Health
of the district in which the birth takes place. The information
thus provided by notification is extremely valuable, as it enables
the Health Visitor to exercise health supervision of the mother
and child in the early days following confinement.
During the year 3,739 births were notified, and of this number
120 were born dead. A cautionary letter was sent to the person
in default whenever it was discovered through the agency of the
district Registrars' returns that the birth of a child had not been