London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Centre. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | |
| Pimlico and Bess | |||||||||
| borough— | |||||||||
| Births | 930 | 799 | 819 | 99 | 85 | 92 | 1,029 | 884 | 911 |
| Deaths | 58 | 58 | 44 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 83 | 69 | 51 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 births | 62.4 | 72.7 | 53.7 | 252 | 129 | 76 | 80.6 | 78.0 | 55.9 |
| Greek Street— | |||||||||
| Births | 373 | 372 | 74 | 55 | 59 | 600 | 428 | 431 | |
| Deaths | 20 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 15 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 births | 49.4 | 64.3 | 34.9 | 67.5 | 163 | 34 | 51.6 | 771 | 34.5 |
| Rochester Row— Births | 593 | 557 | 512 | 35 | 39 | 41 | 628 | 596 | 553 |
| Deaths | 39 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 41 | 31 |
| Death-rate per 1,000 births | 65.7 | 62.8 | 52.7 | 200 | 153 | 97.5 | 73.2 | 68.7 | 560 |
The causes of death of children under 1 year of age are set forth in Tables appended, and a summary showing the proportion of deaths per 1,000 births from various grouped causes in the last seven years is set out below:—
| — | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 | — |
| Influenza | — | — | 6-81 | 5-62 | — | — | 3-6 |
| Measles | 0.5 | 3.9 | 0.68 | 1.87 | 2.21 | — | 1.0 |
| Whooping cough | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 0.62 | — | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Septic diseases | — | 1.9 | — | — | 0.44 | 1.4 | 0.5 |
| Bronchitis and pneumonia. | 15.4 | 16.8 | 16.35 | 10.60 | 12.80 | 11.8 | 7.3 |
| Stomach and bowel complaint* | 12.7 | 7.1 | 10.89 | 8.75 | 9.29 | 13.4 | 3.1 |
| Syphilis | 4.9 | 8.4 | 613 | 5.62 | 2.64 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Congenital malformations | 6.7 | 5.8 | 4.76 | 3.75 | 6.19 | 9.3 | 4.2 |
| Prematurity | 20.9 | 27.2 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 5.40 | 15.5 | 16.2 |
| Neglect and injury at birth | 6.7 | 6.7 | 8.17 | 7.50 | 17.07 | 7.3 | 5.7 |
| Debility from birth and atrophy, rickets, atelec | |||||||
| tasis | 5.5 | 13.6 | 8.17 | 11.80 | 1.48 | 11.0 | 4.2 |
| Tuberculosis | 4.4 | 2.6 | 6.13 | 2.50 | 11.76 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Other causes | 3.8 | 7.4 | 5.45 | 6.90 | 4.34 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 83.4 | 103.6 | 100.24 | 87.5 | 73.62 | 80.2 | 54.6 |
Of the 101 deaths, 51 occurred in the first quarter of the year. The
third quarter is usually a heavy one on account of deaths from acute
diarrhoea, but this year there was not one death attributable thereto, and
if it had not been for influenza in the first and measles in the second