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City of Westminster 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Deaths of males and females numbered:—
| Males. | Females. | Deducting Deaths under 1 year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||
Infantile Mortality.—The corrected death-rate of infants for Westminster
was 92 deaths per 1,000 births, the average of the previous five
years having been 88, and of the preceding five years 1905-9, 102.
while there has been a slight proportionate increase in the deaths of
legitimate infants, viz., from 73 to 78, the higher rate on the total deaths
is due to the increase in deaths of illegitimate infants as shown below.
Below are given figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate births, showing the true rate in eash of the last fourteen years:—
| Year. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 births. | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 bitths. | ||
For all London the rate was 112 in 1915, compared with 104 in
1914, 105 in 1913 and 91 per 1,000 in 1912; for England and Wales
the rate was 110, compared with 105 in 1914, 109 in 1913, and 95
for 1912.
Table V shows the causes of death of infants in the City as a whole,
and separately in Victoria Ward, St. Margaret and St. John Wards, and
in the remaining Wards. In the latter are included 10 deaths of infants
found in the parks and elsewhere in the City whose births were not