40 babies born on Island in November

19 boys and 21 girls welcomed into the world last month

Forty babies were born at Noble’s Hospital in November.

Statistics from the Jane Crookall Maternity Unit show 19 boys and 21 girls were delivered.

One of the births was pre-term and 20 were spontaneous; the lightest baby weighed in at 1.7 kilograms with the heaviest at 4.9 kilograms.

Meanwhile, 682 antenatal and postnatal appointments were carried out over the course of the month.