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City of Westminster 1935

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

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The legitimate births show a decrease of 102 and the illegitimate a
decrease of 22 on the figures of 1934.
As shown in Table II, 1,537 notifications of births were received by
the department for 1935 as compared with 1,567 in 1934. Of the total
notifications, 1,146 were sent by midwives, of whom 30 were practising
in the City during 1935.
The following table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1919, 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.—Male and Female Births.

Table IV.—Male and Female Births.

Number Born.Number of Deaths under 1 yearNumber remaining at end of year.
Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
19197868147463712751
19201,1171,149104631,0131,086
19219919289163900865
19229459576836877921
19239148444438870806
19248477805838789742
19257837525749726703
19267978094848749761
19277126875244660643
19287226484733675615
19296886695748631621
19306966724833648639
19315856265041535585
19326055474135564512
19335255744926476548
19346055614532560529
19355594834827511456

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The table indicates the universal truth that girl babies possess greater
hardiness than boys. Although the year began with an excess of 76
in favour of males the advantage had fallen to 55 by the end of the year.