Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
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[1944]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 3.—BIRTHS (EXCLUSIVE OF STILLBIRTHS) CLASSIFIED AS LEGITIMATE OR ILLEGITIMATE FOR THE PROVINCE AND IN CITIES OF 5,000 POPULATION AND OVER, 1944 Province and Cities Total Births Legitimate Illegitimate Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female TOTAL FOR THE PROVINCE 19372 9978 1 9394| 18523 9540 8983 849 00 CO 411 Cities of 5,000 and over: 1 Calgary . 2190 1107 1 1083| 2065 1046 1019 125 61 64 Edmonton . 2565 1311 12541 2407 1229 1178 158 82 76 Lethbridge . 409 213 196| 1 395| 203 192 14 10 4 Medicine Hat . 332 176| 1561 1 311| 164 147! 21 1 12| 9 TABLE 4.—PLURAL BIRTHS CLASSIFIED TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN BORN ALIVE AND STILLBORN BY SEX, IN ALBERTA, 1944 Classification of Births Number CASES OF TWINS . Two males (both living) . One male and one female (both living) . Two females (both living . One male living and one male stillborn . One male living and one female stillborn .. One male stillborn and one female living One female living and one female stillborn Two males (both still born) . Two females (both stillborn) . 227 60 77 70 8 1 5 2 3 1 CASES OF TRIPLETS . Two males and one female (all living) ... One female living and two females stillborn 2 1 1 QUADRUPLET BIRTHS . Two males and two females (all living) 1 1 Total multiple births Number Male Female 230 229 235 Total single live births Number Male Female 18934 9768 9166 Total single stillbirths Number Male Female 309 158 151 Total confinements 19473