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City of Westminster 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Births Registered.
Births Notified-
In Westminster.
Belong
elsewhere.
Born out
of Westminster.
Nett.
Total.
Alive.
Stillborn.
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
2,520
2,365
2,110
2,134
1,992
1,860
1,721
1,643
1,325
1,138
1,210
1,731
39
49
60
49
35
15
71
175
159
146
98
89
270
276
311
264
276
312
329
342
378
458
480
618
2,751
2,592
2,361
2,349
2,233
2,157
1,979
1,810
1,544
1,459
1,592
2,260
1,612
1,674
1,562
1,501
1,462
1,386
1,292
1,330
1,020
911
1,004
1,327
1,571
1,621
1,507
1,469
1,424
1,347
1,250
1.288
985
888
977
1.289
41
53
55
32
38
39
42
42
35
23
27
38
The notifications received numbered 1,327, in 19 instances twins were
mentioned. The number of notifications received from midwives was 943.
The number of still-births notified was 38, but information was received of 20 other confinements in which a dead child was born, 17 of these occurred in hospitals or infirmary ; 5 were illegitimate ; 5 sets of twins.
| Number Born. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Number remaining at end of year. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | |
| 1913 | 1,120 | 1,113 | 111 | 102 | 1,009 | 1,011 |
| 1914 | 1,120 | 1,037 | 103 | 68 | 1,017 | 969 |
| 1915 | 1,006 | 973 | 103 | 79 | 903 | 894 |
| 1916 | 889 | 921 | 84 | 67 | 805 | 854 |
| 1917 | 756 | 788 | 94 | 64 | 662 | 724 |
| 1918 | 789 | 670 | 84 | 64 | 705 | 606 |
| 1919 | 786 | 814 | 74 | 63 | 712 | 751 |
| 1920 | 1,117 | 1,149 | 104 | 63 | 1,013 | 1,086 |
For each 1,000 girls born, there were in—
| 1913 | 1,006 boys. | 1917 | 914 boys. |
| 1914 | 1,080 boys. | 1918 | 1,177 boys. |
| 1915 | 1,033 boys. | 1919 | 965 boys. |
| 1916 | 965 boys. | 1920 | 972 boys. |
Maternity and Child Welfare.
There has been a marked increase during the year in the work in
connection with mothers and infant welfare. The Pimlico Road Centre
was found to be too far away for mothers from part of the arc attend,
and for some time past the Council had been endeavouring to find a
suitable house in the neighbourhood of Vau.xhall Bridge. Such a house
could not be found in the preceding year, but in 1920 they obtained
No. 15, Bessborough Street, and a fresh centre has been formed there and
a portion of the Pimlico area allotted to it. The result has fully justified