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BIRTHS, 1924.
LIVE BIRTHS.
Registrar General's Figures—M 1,425
F 1,428
*2,853
Local Information:—
Total Births notified 2,897
,, Still Births 69
Total Live Births 2,826
*Births outside the District included in above:—
Council Cases in District Maternity Home 54
Other cases notified from District Maternity Home 221
Notified from other outside Institutions 138
413
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 2,178
Part breast-fed—plus milk, dried milk, or condensed 200
Bottle feeding—Cows' milk 132
Dried milk 127
Other artificial foods 80
2,717
The difference between the notified live births, 2,826, and the total
feedings, 2,717, is due to information being unavailable, owing to deaths
under one year of age or removals from the District.