Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 | 2,620 | 39 | 270 | 2,751 | 1,612 | 1,571 | 41 |
1910 | 2,365 | 49 | 276 | 2,592 | 1,674 | 1,621 | 53 |
1911 | 2,110 | 60 | 311 | 2,361 | 1,562 | 1,507 | 55 |
1912 | 2,134 | 49 | 264 | 2,349 | 1,501 | 1,469 | 31 |
1913 | 1,992 | 35 | 276 | 2,233 | 1,462 | 1,424 | 38 |
1914 | 1,860 | 15 | 312 | 2,157 | 1,386 | 1,347 | 39 |
1915 | 1,721 | 71 | 329 | 1,979 | 1,292 | 1,250 | 42 |
1916 | 1,643 | 175 | 342 | 1,810 | 1,330 | 1,288 | 42 |
1917 | 1,325 | 159 | 378 | 1,544 | 1,020 | 985 | 35 |
1918 | 1,138 | 146 | 458 | 1,459 | 911 | 888 | 23 |
1919 | 1,210 | 98 | 480 | ],592 | 1,004 | 977 | 27 |
1920 | 1,731 | 89 | 618 | 2,260 | 1,327 | 1,289 | 38 |
1921 | 1,415 | 78 | 579 | 1,919 | 1,049 | 1,032 | 17 |
Divided into legitimate and illegitimate, the figures for 1921 are:— Legitimate—
Males | 676—13+241 = | 904 |
Females | 654—22+193 = | 825 |
Total | 1,330—35+435 = | 1,729 |
Illegitimate— | ||
Males | 43—24+68= | 87 |
Females | 45—19+77= | 103 |
Total | 88—43+144 = | 190 |
The notifications received numbered 1,049, in 12 instances twins,
and in one instance triplets were mentioned. They represent 1,035
confinements. The number of notifications received from midwives
was 787.
The number of still-births notified was 17, but information was received of 26 other confinements in which dead children were born: 16 of these occurred in hospitals or infirmary; 1 was illegitimate; 3 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 |
1921 | 991 | 928 | 91 | 63 | 900 | 865 |