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City of Westminster 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table II.—Registered and Notified Births.
| Births Registered. | Births Notified. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Westminster. | Belong elsewhere. | Born out of Westminster. | Net. | Total. | Alive. | Stillborn. | |
| 1917 | 1,325 | 159 | 378 | 1,544 | 1,020 | 985 | 36 |
| 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 |
| 1025 | 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 | 1,367 | 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 | 1,609 | 969 (3) | 526 | 1,166 | 1,567 | 1,516 | 51 |
| 1935 | 1,527 | 944 (7) | 459 | 1,042 | 1,537 | 1,488 | 49 |
| 1936 | 1,563 | 970 (3) | 470 | 1,063 | 1,551 | 1,499 | 52 |
| 1937 | 1,460 | 952 | 513 | 1,021 | 1,488 | 1,448 | 40 |
The numbers in brackets are registrations under the Legitimacy Act, and cannot be
classified as births.
Table III.—Distribution of Legitimate and Illegitimate Births. The legitimate and illegitimate births are distributed as follows:—
| Legitimate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 669 - | 417 | + 197 | = 449 |
| Females | 636 - | 419 | + 217 | = 434 |
| 1,305 - | 836 | + 414 | = 883 | |
| Illegitimate. | ||||
| Males | 90 - | 68 | + 58 | = 80 |
| Females | 65 - | 48 | + 41 | = 58 |
| 155 - | 116 | + 99 | = 138 | |
As shown in Table II, 1,488 notifications of births were received by
the department for 1937 as compared with 1,551 in 1936. Of the total
notifications, 245 were sent by midwives.