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City of Westminster 1925

[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.Alive.Stillborn.
19102,365492762,5921,6741,62153
19112,110603112,3611,5621,50755
19122,134492642,3491,5011,46934
19131,992352762,2331,4021,42438
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

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

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

Legitimate.
Males713 - 195 + 204 = 722
Females702 - 210 + 204 = 696
1415 - 405 + 408 = 1418
Illegitimate.
Males60 -44 + 45= 61
Females44 - 32 + 44 = 56
104 - 76 + 89 = 117

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The legitimate births are 71 fewer than in 1924 and the illegitimate show
a decrease of 18.
As shown in Table I, 1,435 notifications of births were received by
the Department for 1925 as compared with 1,250 in 1924. Of the total
of notifications, 761 were sent by midwives, of whom 45 were practising
in the City during 1925.
The following Table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1913, 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:—