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City of Westminster 1932

[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. Legitimate.

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

Males764 -436+ 207 =535
Females738 -431+ 178 =485
1,502 —867+ 385 =1,020
Illegitimate.
Males60 —49+ 59 =70
Females46 -38+ 54 =62
106 —87+ 113 =132

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The legitimate births show a decrease of 43 and the illegitimate a
decrease of 16 on the figures of 1931.
As shown in Table I, 1,594 notifications of births were received by
the Department for 1932 as compared with 1,589 in 1931. Of the total
of notifications, 692 were sent by midwives, of whom 30 were practising
in the City during 1932.

Table: The following Table shows the number of male and female children born since 1916, 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.

The following Table shows the number of male and female children born since 1916, 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 yearNumber remaining at end of year.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
19168899218467805854
19177567889464662724
19187896708464705606
19197868147463712751
19201,1171,149104631,0131,086
19219919289163900865
19229459576836877921
19239148444438870806
19248477805838789742
19257837525749726703
19267978094848749761
19277126875244660643
19287226484733675615
19296886695748631621
19306966724833648639
19315856265041535585
19326055474135564512

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For each 1,000 girls born, there were in—
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.
1923 1,082 boys. 1932 1,106 boys.