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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Below are given figures for both births and deaths of infants corrected, distinguishing legitimate and illegitimate births, showing the rates for a series of years:-
Year. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Rate, Westminster. | Total Rate, London. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | |||
_ | - | - | |||
- | - | - | |||
The reduction in the infantile death-rate in the last 24 years is remarkable.
It means that 100 infant lives in every 1,000 born in Westminster
are now being saved.
In the three divisions into which the City is divided under the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, the figures (omitting the homeless)
were:—