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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The comparative net totals of the registered births for the last three years are:— Table I.
1932. | 1933. | 1934. | |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate. | Legitimate. | Legitimate. | |
Males | 535 | 467 | 528 |
Females | 485 | 503 | 487 |
Illegitimate. | Illegitimate. | Illegitimate. | |
Males | 70 | 58 | 77 |
Females | 62 | 71 | 74 |
1,152 | 1,099 | 1,166 |
Table II.
Births Registered | Births Notified. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In Westminster. | Belong elsewhere. | Born out of Westminster. | Net. | Total. | Alive. | Stillborn. | |
1914 | 1,860 | 15 | 312 | 2,157 | 1,386 | 1,347 | 39 |
1915 | 1,721 | 71 | 329 | 1,979 | 1,292 | 1,250 | 42 |
1916 | 1,643 | 175 | 342 | 1,810 | 1,330 | 1,288 | 42 |
1917 | 1,325 | 159 | 378 | 1,544 | 1,020 | 985 | 35 |
1918 | 1,138 | 146 | 458 | 1,450 | 911 | 888 | 23 |
1919 | 1,210 | 98 | 480 | 1,592 | 1,004 | 977 | 27 |
1920 | 1,731 | 89 | 618 | 2,260 | 1,327 | 1,289 | 38 |
1921 | 1,418 | 78 | 579 | 1,919 | 1,049 | 1,032 | 17 |
1922 | 1,347 | 81 | 629 | 1,895 | 1,046 | 1,020 | 26 |
1923 | 1,361 | 194 | 585 | 1,752 | 1,045 | 1,016 | 29 |
1924 | 1,447 | 344 | 521 | 1,624 | 1,250 | 1,214 | 36 |
1925 | 1,519 | 481 | 497 | 1.535 | 1,435 | 1,385 | 50 |
1926 | 1,535 | 500 | 571 | 1,606 | 1,402 | 1,355 | 47 |
1927 | 1,375 | 552 (20) | 576 | 1,399 | 1,205 | 1,169 | 36 |
1928 | 1,471 | 643 (23) | 542 | 1,370 | 1,404 | 1,362 | 42 |
1929 | 1,577 | 758 (7) | 538 | 1,357 | 1,532 | 1,474 | 58 |
1930 | 1,689 | 859 (16) | 538 | 1,368 | 1,653 | 1,597 | 56 |
1931 | 1,640 | 942 (21) | 513 | 1,211 | 1,589 | 1,536 | 53 |
1932 | 1,608 | 954 (12) | 498 | 1,152 | 1,594 | 1,538 | 56 |
1933 | 1,610 | 977 (15) | 466 | 1,099 | 1,615 | 1,559 | 56 |
1934 | ],609 | 969 (3) | 526 | 1,166 | 1,567 | 1,516 | 51 |
The numbers in brackets are registrations under the Legitimacy Act, and cannot be
classified as births.
The legitimate and illegitimate births are distributed as follows:— Table III.
Legitimate. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 766 | 441 | + 203 = | 528 |
Females | 703 | 420 | + 204 = | 487 |
1,469 | 861 | + 407 = | 1,015 |
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