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City of Westminster 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table I.

Table I.

Births Registered.Births Notified.
In Westminster.Belong elsewhere.Born out of Westminster.Net.Total.Alire.Stillborn.
19102,365492762,5921,6741,62153
19112,110603112,3611,5621,50755
19122,134492642,3491,5011,46934
19131,992352762,2331,4621,42438
19141,860153122,1571,3861,34739
19151,721713291,9791 ,2921,25042
19161,6431753421,8101,3301,28842
19171,3251593781,5441,02098535
19181,1381464581,45991188823
19191,210984801,5921,00497727
19201,731896182,2601,3271,28938
19211,418785791,9191,0491,03217
19221,347816291,8951,0461,02026
19231,3611945851,7521,0451,01629
19241,4473445211,6241,2501,21436
19251,5194814971,5351,4351,38550
19261,5356005711,6061,4021,35547
19271,3755o2 (20)5761,3991,2051,16936
19281,471643 (23)5421,3701,4041,36242
19291,577758 (7)5381,3571,5321,47458
19301,689859 (16)5381,3681,6531,59756

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The numbers in brackets are registrations under the Legitimacy Act, and cannot be
classified as births.

Table: The legitimate and illegitimate births are distributed as followsTable II.

The legitimate and illegitimate births are distributed as follows

Table II.

Legitimate.
Males812404+195=603
Females781390+208=599
1,593794+403=1,202
Illegitimate.
Males5536+74=93
Females4129+61=73
9665+135=166

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The legitimate births show an increase of 12 and the illegitimate a
decrease of 1 on the figures of 1929. .
As shown in Table I, 1,653 notifications of births were received by
the Department for 1930 as compared with 1,532 in 1929. Of the total
of notifications, 972 were sent by midwives, of whom 30 were practising
in the City during 1930.