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Dr. bland’s Midwifery Reports 
tables of the number of children borne by 1389 * women,, 
with the number that were living at the time of their 
applying to the Dilpenfary. 
N° of chil- 
dren pre- 
ferved by 
each woman. 
Women. 
I 
1 
3 
2 
11 
*4 
22 
33 
56 
74 
89 
138 
169 
208 
254 
299 
1389 
N° of chil- 
dren borne 
by each wo- 
man. 
Total of chil- 
dren born. 
24 
17 
l6 
14 
13 
12 
1 1 
IO 
9 
8 
7 
6 
5 
4 
3 
2 
I 
24 
17 
48 
28 
*55 
168 
l6 5 
220 
297 
448 
5*8 
534 
690 
676 
624 
508 
299 
t54*9 
Total of chil- 
dren living, 
o 
O 
5 
1 1 
46 
44 
45 
84 
93 
*5* 
2*3 
214 
288 
293 
299 
259 
*7* 
2224 
and 370 were in their firft pregnancy, 
*389 
N° 6f Women 
who had pre 
fcrved their 
children. 
4 
3 
1 1 
32 
84 
174 
3°6 
464 
1079 
11 
8 
7 
6 
5 
4 
3 
2 
Total of chil- 
dren pre- 
ferved. 
1 1 
32 
21 
66 
160 
336 
522 
612 
464 
2224 
and 3 10 had loft all their childr. 
*389 
* In order to account for the difference between the number of the women in 
thefe and the preceding tables, it is proper to mention, that this account was not 
begun until fome months after the former one. In thefe alfo care has been taken 
that no woman is reckoned more than once, although many of them had been 
affifted by the midwives to the Difpenfary two, three, or four times. 370, as 
noted in the table, were in their firft pregnancy. 
f Of thefe 5419 children 2747 were boys, and 267 2 girls, or nearly as 36 boys 
to 35 girls. This proportion of the boys to the girls will be found a little dif- 
ferent from what is given in the table p, 362. 
I have 
