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City of Westminster 1931

[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.Stillhorn.
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
19261,5355005711,6061,4021,35547
19271,376552 (20)5761,3991,2051,16936
19281,471643 (23)5421,3701,4041,36242
19291,577758 (7)5381,3571,5321,47458
19301,689859 (16)5381,3681,6531,59756
19311,640942 (21)5131,2111,5891,53653

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The numbers in brackets are registrations under the Legitimacy Act, and cannot be
classified as births.

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

The legitimate and illegitimate births are distributed as follows:—

Table II.

Legitimate.
Males795 — 473+ 193= 515
Females763 - 411+ 196= 548
1,558 - 884+ 389= 1,063
Illegitimate.
Males46 — 32+ 56- 70
Females36 — 26+ 68= 78
82 — 58-f 124= 148

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The legitimate births show a decrease of 139 and the illegitimate a
decrease of 18 on the figures of 1930.
As shown in Table I, 1,589 notifications of births were received by
the Department for 1931 as compared with 1,653 in 1930. Of the total
of notifications, 998 were sent by midwives, of whom 30 were practising
in the City during 1931.