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City of Westminster 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: I have also set out in Table VII, A and 13, the figures in Victoria Ward and St. Margaret and St. John. The births and deaths apportioned to these divisions are shown below:—

I have also set out in Table VII, A and 13, the figures in Victoria Ward and St. Margaret and St. John. The births and deaths apportioned to these divisions are shown below:—

Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Rate.
Births.Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 births.Births.Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 births.
Victoria Ward66649738789275
St. Margaret and St. John8568396559163100
Rest of City877778751815691

Table: Figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, showing the true rate in each of the last nine years:—

Figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, showing the true rate in each of the last nine years:—

Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Rate.
Births.Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 births.Births.Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 births.
19023,27541012518632172127
] 9033,03534511315025166116
19042,92032010913440298118
19052,97130510214924161105
19062,74428510318738203110
19072,7642699716334208103
19082,7392669717427155100
19092,548232912032612893
19102,399189781932512982

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The following table shows the number of deaths of infants, and their
relation to births in the last six years. It also shows the age periods
at which they died.
The causes of death in each year are given, together with the relative
proportion each group bears to the whole of the infant deaths.
The ages at which reductions have taken place, and the causes of
death in previous years, may be compared. The remarkable decrease
in infantile mortality is due to a certain extent to the meteorological
conditions which have obtained, but that this is only part of the
explanation is shown by the fact that until recent years, when greater
attention has been given to infant life, the mortality for 50 years
previously maintained an average of 160 per 1,000 births.