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BIRTHS, 1923.
LIVE BIRTHS.
Registrar General's Figures—M 1,617
F 1,476
3,093
Local Information:-
Live Births notified 2,975
Still Births 61
*3,036
Births outside the District included in above:-
Council Cases in District Maternity Home 58
Other cases notified from District Maternity Home 221
Notified from other outside Institutions 130
409
The Registrar s and the local figures do not agree because they
relate to different periods. The local notifications are those of children
born within the year. The Registrar's figures are those of children
registered within the year—i.e.—within 42 days of birth.
BREAST FEEDING.
As the result of the Health Visitors' enquiries, it was ascertained
that the infants have been fed as follows:-
Breast-fed for 6 months, or over 2,374
Part breast-fed—plus milk, dried milk, or condensed 193
Bottle-feeding—cows' milk 129
Dried milk 112
Other artificial food's 98
2,906
The difference between the notified live births, 2,975, and the total
feedings, 2,906, is due to information being unavailable, owing to deaths
Under 1 year of age or removals from the District.