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Wembley 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Table showing Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still),
1931—1935-
| Year | England and Wales | Wembley |
|---|---|---|
| I931 | 3.95 | 1.23 |
| 1932 | 4.06 | 5.98 |
| 1933 | 4.23 | 5.85 |
| 1934 | 4.41 | 3.11 |
| 1935 | 3.93 | |
| Average of Rates | 4.11 | *3.43 |
* Figure for Wembley based on aggregate figures. for
five years = 2.77.
It will be noted that there was no maternal death during 1935.
BIRTHS.
The Birth Rate should be much higher if the middle
classes were willing to have larger families.
1 believe that every healthy married pair should be willing
to have at least three children—they have no right
to use contraceptives, especially when the Government is
attempting to give relief in taxation for those raising a
family. Birth Control methods are intended on'ly for certain
definite cases—not at all for healthy people. These are the
people responsible for the limitation of population—race
.suicide, etc., not the poor invalid folk who are eligible for
treatment at a Birth Control Centre.
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