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City of Westminster 1926

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

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As shown in Table I, 1,402 notifications of births were received by
the Department for 1926 as compared with 1,435 in 1925. Of the total
of notifications, 778 were sent by midwives, of whom 45 were practising
in the City during 1926.
The following Table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1914 ,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.

Table III.

Number Born.Number of Deaths under 1 year.Number remaining at end of year.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
19141,1201,037103681,017969
19151,00697310379903894
19168899218467805854
19177567889464662724
19187896708464705606
19197868147463712751
19201,1171,149104631,0131.086
19219919289163900865
19229459576836877921
19239148444438870806
19248477805838789742
19257837525749726703
19267978094848749761

Table: For each 1,000 girls born, there were in—

For each 1,000 girls born, there were in—

19131,006 boys.1920972 boys.
19141,080 boys.19211,067 boys.
19151,033 boys.1922987 boys.
1916965 boys.19231,082 boys.
1917914 boys.19241,086 boys.
19181,177 boys.19251,041 boys.
1919965 boys.1926985 boys.

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Still-births. 47 still-born children were notified during the year,
26 of this number being born to non-residents of Westminster. The
corresponding figure for 1925 was 50. Inquiries into the causes of
these still-births have not brought definite information in all cases. It
would appear, however, that in 2 cases there was a history of a fall
or accident with a certain aniount of shock and fright. Placenta
Pra3via accounted for 2 cases, while breech presentations occurred in 4.
Kidney disease, diabetes and heart disease were predisposing causes in
3 instances.