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City of Westminster 1921

[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.
19092,620392702,7511,6121,57141
19102,365492762,5921,6741,62153
19112,110603112,3611,5621,50755
19122,134492642,3491,5011,46931
19131,992352762,2331,4621,42438
19141,860153122,1571,3861,34739
19151,721713291,9791,2921,25042
19161,6431753421,8101,3301,28842
19171,3251593781,5441,02098535
19181,1381464581,45991188823
19191,21098480],5921,00497727
19201,731896182,2601,3271,28938
19211,415785791,9191,0491,03217

Divided into legitimate and illegitimate, the figures for 1921 are:— Legitimate—

Males676—13+241 =904
Females654—22+193 =825
Total1,330—35+435 =1,729
Illegitimate—
Males43—24+68=87
Females45—19+77=103
Total88—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.
19131,1201,1131111021,0091,011
19141,1201,037103681,017969
19151,00697310379903894
19168899218467805854
19177567889464662724
19187896708464705606
19197868147463712751
19201,1171,149104631,0131,086
19219919289163900865