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City of Westminster 1938

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

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As shown in Table II, 1,450 notifications of births were received by
the department in 1938 as compared with 1,488 in 1937. Of the total
notifications, 243 were sent by midwives.
The following table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1922, and those who did not survive the first year of life, with
the number of the surviving children at the end of the first year of life:—

Table: Table III.—Male and Female Births.

Table III.—Male and Female Births.

Number Born.Number of Deaths under 1 yearNumber remaining at end of year.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Giria.
19229459576836877921
19239148444438870806
19248477805838789742
19257837525749726703
19267978094848749761
19277126875244660643
19287226484733675615
19296886695748631621
19306966724833648639
19315856265041535585
19326055474135564512
19335255744926476548
19346055614532560529
19355594834827511456
19365365273931497496
19375294923921490471
19385345043324501480

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The number of boys born again exceeded that of girls, but
33 boys and 24 girls failed to survive the first year of life.