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BIRTHS, 1925.
LIVE BIRTHS.
Registrar-General's Figures—M. 1,388
F 1,368
*2,756
Local Information:—
Total Births notified 2,723
Less Still Births 85
Total Live Births 2,638
*Births outside the District included in above:—
Council cases in District Maternity Home 70
Other cases notified from District Maternity Home 220
Notified from other Outside Institutions 162
452
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.
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 2,215
Part breast-fed—plus milk, dried milk or condensed 165
Bottle feeding—Cows' milk 123
Dried milk 80
Other artificial foods 55
2,638