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The infants born were
Boys 2,003
Girls 1,791
Sex not stated 65
3,859
It will be seen that the number of births exceeds the
number of notifications. The reason is that twins
are notified on one card. Two sets of triplets were born
during the year, two boys and a girl, all stillborn; and
three girls, born alive. Two of these died in a few days,
but one lived. There were also 53 pairs of twins, 29
pairs of the same sex, and 24 boy and girl twins.
The stillbirths notified numbered 116, but this
information is very frequently not given, though asked
for on the cards.
In addition to the above, 168 births belonging to
Bethnal Green have been notified as having occurred in
various institutions outside the Borough.
About the very large majority of infants visited there
is no special remark to make—they are just average
nice babies, whose mothers love them and take
able care of them that they may grow up into healthy
and strong boys and girls. With our high birth rate,
and our 70-80 (or even more) birth notifications every
week, it is not possible to re-visit many, so that this is
not done unless there is some good reason, such as
illness, great poverty, or assistance given in food or
clothing, or at the request of the mother. Undoubtedly