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City of Westminster 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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diarrhoea, but this year there was only one death attributable thereto,
and that was probably due to syphilis. The absence of influenza and
of measles kept down the death·rate in the first half of the year
The deaths in the four quarters occurred as follows :—
| 1923. | Kmlico. | St. Margaret and St. John. | North. | Unknown. | Total. 1923. | Total 1922. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th „ | ||||||
It will be noted in the table below that more than half of the deaths
occurred before the infants were a month old, nearly half at or within a few
hours after birth. Of the deaths over a month old, a third had not
come under observation of the medical officers or health visitors at the
various centres, due either to the fact that the parents were in a position
to obtain skilled advice, or that the children were born elsewhere and
had recently come into Westminster, or illegitimate children born outside
Westminster and at once sent to homes not in the City. In the last
group it frequently occurs that the child has never lived in Westminster
but because the mother had been in service here before going to some
institution for her confinement, the death is placed to the debit of the
City.
| Bruce House | 36 | 16, Strutton Ground | 13 |
| *33, Great Peter Street | 2 | 10, Great Peter Street | 21 |
| *Hanover Court | 1 | 40, „ „ (females) | 3 |
* These two lodging houses were discontinued many years ago.
Eleven of the deaths were from Tuberculosis.
Deaths of persons who had no definite address.—Eighteen males and
11 females died for whom no address could be traced.