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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 Difpenfary. 
— L " 
Women. 
N° of chil- 
dren borne 
by each wo- 
man. 
Total of chil- 
dren born. 
Total of chil- 
dren living. 
N° of women 
who had pre- 
ferved their 
children. 
N° of chil- 
dren pre- 
ferred by 
each woman. 
Total of chil- 
dren pre- 
ferved. 
I 
24 
24 
5 
— 
— 
— 
I 
17 
17 
3 
— 
3 
l6 
48 
5 
— 
— 
— 
2 
H 
28 
1 1 
■ — 
— 
11 
13 
155 
46 
— 
— 
— 
14 
12 
l68 
44 
■ • 
— 
• 
I I 
l6 5 
45 
I 
1 1 
1 1 
22 
IO 
2-20 
84 
— 
— 
— 
33 
9 
297 
93 
— 
— 
' — 
5 6 
8 
448 
151 
4 
8 
32 
74 
7 
518 
213 
3 
7 
21 
89 
6 
534 
214 
11 
6 
66 
138 
5 
690 
288 
32 
5 
160 
169 
4 
676 
293 
84 
4 
336 
208 
n 
O 
624 
299 
174 
3 
522 
254 
2 
508 
259 
306 
2 
612 
299 
I 
299 
I 7 I 
454 
1 
464 
1389 
t 54 r 9 
2224 
1079 
2224 
and 370 were in their firfl pregnancy. 
and 310 had loft all their childr. 
*389 
* Ci 
1 >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 
affifled by the midwives to the Difpenfary tw^o, three, or four times. 370, as 
noted in the table, were in their firfl pregnancy. 
f Of thefe 3419 children 2747 were boys, and 2672 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. 3 62, 
I have 
