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City of Westminster 1929

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

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

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

Legitimate.
Males766—368+208=606
Females704—318+198=584
1,470_686+4061,190
Illegitimate.
Males52—34+64=82
Females55—38+68=85
107_72+132=167

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The legitimate births show a decrease of 30 and the illegitimate an
neiviiso of 17 on the figures of 1928.
As shown in Table I, 1,532 notifications of births were received by
the Department for 1929 as compared with 1,404 in 1928. Of the total
of notifications, 960 were sent by midwives, of whom 31 were practising
in the City during 1929.
The following Table shows the number of male and female children
liorn since 1914, and those who did not survive the first year of life, with
Uto 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.
10141,1201,037103681,017969
19151,00697310379903894
19168899218467805854
19177567889464662724
19187896708464705606
19197868147463712751
19201,1171,149104631,0131,086
19219919289163900865
19229459576836877921
19239148444438870806
19248477805838789742
19257837525749726703
19207978094848749761
19277126875244660643
19287226484733675615
19296886695748631621