Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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The following Table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1915, 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 III.
Number Born. | Number of Deaths under 1 year | Number remaining at end of year. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
1915 | 1,006 | 973 | 103 | 79 | 903 | 894 |
1916 | 889 | 921 | 84 | 67 | 805 | 854 |
1917 | 756 | 788 | 94 | 64 | 662 | 724 |
1918 | 789 | 670 | 84 | 64 | 705 | 606 |
1919 | 786 | 814 | 74 | 63 | 712 | 751 |
1920 | 1,117 | 1,149 | 104 | 63 | 1,013 | 1,086 |
1921 | 991 | 928 | 91 | 63 | 900 | 865 |
1922 | 945 | 957 | 68 | 36 | 877 | 921 |
1923 | 914 | 844 | 44 | 38 | 870 | 806 |
1924 | 847 | 780 | 58 | 38 | 789 | 742 |
1925 | 783 | 752 | 57 | 49 | 726 | 703 |
1926 | 797 | 809 | 48 | 48 | 749 | 761 |
1927 | 712 | 687 | 52 | 44 | 660 | 643 |
1928 | 722 | 648 | 47 | 33 | 675 | 615 |
1929 | 688 | 669 | 57 | 48 | 631 | 621 |
1930 | 696 | 672 | 48 | 33 | 648 | 639 |
1931 | 585 | 626 | 50 | 41 | 535 | 585 |
For each 1,000 girls born, there were in—
1914 | 1,080 boys. | 1923 | 1,082 boys. |
1915 | 1,033 boys. | 1924 | 1,086 boys. |
1916 | 965 boys. | 1925 | 1,041 boys. |
1917 | 914 boys. | 1926 | 985 boys. |
1918 | 1,177 boys. | 1927 | 1,036 boys. |
1919 | 965 boys. | 1928 | 1,114 boys. |
1920 | 972 boys. | 1929 | 1,028 boys. |
1921 | 1,067 boys. | 1930 | 1,035 boys. |
1922 | 987 boys. | 1931 | 934 boys. |