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of the Weftminfter General Difpenfary, 
table of the ages at which women begin and ceafe to he capable 
of bearing children, and of the. intermediate . periods, at 
which they are mcft fo. 
Of 2102 * pregnant women 
Years of age. 
+ 36 or i hi 58 were from - 15 to 19T85, or j in 25,, from 
49 or 1 in 43 were - 20/ 15 to 20 inclufive. 
578 or 5 in 1 9 were from ° 21 to 2511684, or four -fifths 
699 nearly 1 in 3 were from 26 to 30 > were from 21 to 
407 nearly 1 in 5 were from 31 to 35 J 35 inclufive. 
291 or 3 !in 22 were from - 36 to 40 
36 or 1 in 58 were from - 41 to 45^42, or 1 in 50, from 
6 or 1 jin 350 were from 46 to 49 j 41 to 49,. 
2102 
* Although 2102 wome% the number here mentioned, obtained letters, en- 
titling them to the affiflance of the midwives, 1897 on ty werc delivered by them : 
the remainder either removed out of the bounds of the Difpenfary, or, from fome 
alteration in their circumftances, were obliged to go to an hofpital or workhoufe. 
f 1 of thefe women was between 15 and 16 years of age, 
1 between 16 and 17 ; 
3 between 17 and 18; 
10 between 18 and 19; and 
21 between 19 and 20, 
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