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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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SUMMARY OF PARTICULARS REQUIRED BY CIRCULAR 359
OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, DATED 10th JANUARY,
1923.
1.—general Statistics.
Area (acres)—2,502*7.
Population (Census 1921)—141,578.
Population, June, 1922 (Registrar-General's Estimate)—141,800.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1922)—
Rateable value—£8,131,854 (September, 1922).
Sum represented by a penny rate—£32,274.
2.—Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
| Births— | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rale. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 842 | 861 | 1,703 | 13.4 |
| Illegitimate | 98 | 94 | 192 | |
| „ unregistered | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Totals | 945 | 957 | 1,902 |
Deaths—1,796. Death-rate—12.9.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
J,vrom sepsis, 4.
From other causes, 3.
Number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births—54.6.
Legitimate rate, 49.3; Illegitimate rate, 100.
Number of deaths from measles (all ages)—11.
„ „ whooping cough (all ages)—5.
„ „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—8.
Other particulars asked for are given in the body of tlie Report.
A list of the staff of the Public Health Department is appended to
the Report.