Births by legitimacy

Year	Legitimate	Illegitimate
31 Dec 1911	35,924	1,571
31 Dec 1912	34,635	1,595
31 Dec 1913	35,571	1,480
31 Dec 1914	35,645	1,446
31 Dec 1915	32,889	1,257
31 Dec 1916	30,573	1,204
31 Dec 1917	27,062	1,180
31 Dec 1918	27,285	1,411
31 Dec 1919	27,649	1,316
31 Dec 1920	37,831	1,632
31 Dec 1922	31,628	1,291
31 Dec 1923	30,154	1,046
31 Dec 1924	30,024	1,042
31 Dec 1925	29,222	980
31 Dec 1926	27,954	980
31 Dec 1927	27,113	943
31 Dec 1928	27,015	925
31 Dec 1929	25,984	954
31 Dec 1930	26,370	909
31 Dec 1931	25,423	884
31 Dec 1932	24,006	800
31 Dec 1933	22,344	767
31 Dec 1934	23,489	704
31 Dec 1935	23,721	694
31 Dec 1936	24,097	676
31 Dec 1937	24,501	720
31 Dec 1938	24,868	743
31 Dec 1939	24,804	732
31 Dec 1940	24,713	717
31 Dec 1941	24,337	859
31 Dec 1942	26,837	1,003
31 Dec 1943	28,384	1,142
31 Dec 1944	29,650	1,576
31 Dec 1945	25,841	1,863
31 Dec 1946	29,614	1,577
31 Dec 1947	32,447	1,353
31 Dec 1948	29,428	1,282
31 Dec 1949	27,829	1,085
31 Dec 1950	26,034	1,081
31 Dec 1951	25,213	896
31 Dec 1952	25,035	865
31 Dec 1953	25,536	908
31 Dec 1954	24,817	872
31 Dec 1955	24,217	949
31 Dec 1956	25,821	1,009
31 Dec 1957	26,460	1,028
31 Dec 1963	31,744	1,808
31 Dec 1964	32,867	1,872
31 Dec 1965	33,592	1,855
31 Dec 1966	32,991	1,945
31 Dec 1967	32,649	2,101
31 Dec 1968	32,519	2,170
31 Dec 1969	32,200	2,095
31 Dec 1970	31,040	2,031
31 Dec 1971	30,952	2,051
31 Dec 1972	27,878	1,953
31 Dec 1973	25,864	1,800

Date:	Source:
1911 - 1920	Registrar General, Annual Report (HM Stationery Office) ,
1922 - 1973	Registrar General, Statistical Review (HM Stationery Office) ,

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