Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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The following table shows the number of male and female children
born since 1921, 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 IV.—Male and Female Births.
Number Born. | Number of Deaths under 1 year | Number remaining at end of year. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
1921 | 991 | 928 | 91 | 63 | 900 | 865 |
1922 | 945 | 957 | 68 | 36 | 877 | 921 |
1923 | 914 | 844 | 44 | 38 | 870 | 806 |
1924 | 847 | 780 | 58 | 38 | 789 | 742 |
1925 | 783 | 752 | 57 | 49 | 726 | 703 |
1926 | 797 | 809 | 48 | 48 | 749 | 761 |
1927 | 712 | 687 | 52 | 44 | 660 | 643 |
1928 | 722 | 648 | 47 | 33 | 675 | 615 |
1929 | 688 | 669 | 57 | 48 | 631 | 621 |
1930 | 696 | 672 | 48 | 33 | 648 | 639 |
1931 | 585 | 626 | 50 | 41 | 535 | 585 |
1932 | 605 | 547 | 41 | 35 | 564 | 512 |
1933 | 525 | 574 | 49 | 26 | 476 | 548 |
1934 | 605 | 561 | 45 | 32 | 560 | 529 |
1935 | 559 | 483 | 48 | 27 | 511 | 456 |
1936 | 536 | 527 | 39 | 31 | 497 | 496 |
1937 | 529 | 492 | 39 | 21 | 490 | 471 |
The number of boys born again exceeded that of girls, but
39 boys and 21 girls failed to survive the first year of life.