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BIRTHS, 1926.
LIVE BIRTHS.
Registrar-General'8 Figures—M. 1,309
F 1,292
*2,601
Local Information
Total Births notified 2,615
Less Still Births 62
Total Live Births 2,553
*Births outside the District included in above :—
Council cases in District Maternity Home and Mothers'
Hospital 54
Other cases notified from District Maternity Home 230
Notified from other Outside Institutions 203
487
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 1,968
Part breast-fed.—plus milk, dried milk or condensed 187
Bottle feeding.—Cows'milk 112
Dried milk 92
Other artificial foods 68
2,427