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City of Westminster 1934

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

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Illegitimate.
Males74- 58+61= 77
Females66- 50+58= 74
140— 108+119= 151

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The legitimate births show an increase of 45 and the illegitimate an
increase of 22 on the figures of 1933.
As shown in Table II, 1,567 notifications of births were received by
the department for 1934 as compared with 1,615 in 1933. Of the total
notifications, 483 were sent by midwives, of whom 30 were practising
in the City during 1934.
The following table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1918, 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: Table IV.

Table IV.

Number Born.Number of Deaths under 1 yearNumber remaining at end of year.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
19187896708464705606
19197868147463712751
19201,1171,149104631,0131,086
19219919289163900865
19229459576836877921
19239148444438870806
19248477805838789742
19257837525749726703
19267978094848749761
19277126875244660643
19287226484733675615
19296886695748631621
19306966724833648639
19315856265041535585
19326055474135564512
19335255744926476548
19346055614532560529

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For each 1,000 girls born, there were in—

Table: 1917 914 boys. 1926 985 boys.

1917 914 boys. 1926 985 boys.

19181,177 boys.19271,036 boys.
1919965 boys.19281,114 boys.
1920972 boys.19291,028 boys.
19211,067 boys.19301,035 boys.
1922987 boys.1931934 boys.
19231,082 boys.19321,106 boys.
19241,086 boys.1933914 boys.
19251,041 boys.19341,078 boys.