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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of Westminster 1926

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

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numerous enough to support them. He suggests that a large family
was almost an insurance against destitution in old age. Education
has evolved a higher social conscience in individuals, and parents are less
imbued with that primitive and selfish motive of self-preservation. They
endeavour to have a small family so that the coming generation may get
the best possible start in life and thus improve on the conditions in which
the parents began.

Table: Table I.

Table I.

Births Registered.Births Notified.
In Westminster.Belong elsewhere.Born out of Westminster.Net.Total.Alive.Still-born.
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
19261,6355005711,6061,4021,35547

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The legitimate and illegitimate births are distributed as follows:—

Table: Table II. Legitimate.

Table II. Legitimate.

Males741-238+220=723
Females699-202+229=726
1440-440+449=1449
Illegitimate.
Males38-27+63=74
Females57-33+59=83
95-60+122 =157

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The legitimate births show an increase of 31 and the illegitimate 40
on the figures of 1925.