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City of Westminster 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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The following statistics are forwarded by the Registrar-General for the information of the Medical Officer of Health
in connection with paragraphs 6 and 7 and Appendix II of the Circular 834, dated the 15th December, 1927, addressed to
Local Authorities from the Ministry of Health.
A summary of the vital statistics for England and Wales, London, and the respective aggregates of the Great and Smaller
Towns for the year 1927 :—

Table: Birth-rate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1927. (Provisional figures. The rates have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1927. The mortality rates refer to the wholo population as regards England and Wales, but only to civilians as regards London and the groups of towns. As the registration of stillbirths did not come into operation until 1st July, 1927, no stillbirths are included.)

Birth-rate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1927. (Provisional figures. The rates have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1927. The mortality rates refer to the wholo population as regards England and Wales, but only to civilians as regards London and the groups of towns. As the registration of stillbirths did not come into operation until 1st July, 1927, no stillbirths are included.)

-Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate peii 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths
All Causes.Enteric Fever.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years).Total Deaths under one year.Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners.Inquest Cases.Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Uncertified Causes of Death.
England and Wales16.712.30 .010. 000. 090.010.090.070.570.516.36991.76.60.711.0
107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London.17.112.20.010.000.120.010.100.080.490.468.37191.96.60.9*0.6
155 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000-50,000).16.411.30.010.000.070.010.080.050.580.415.06892.75.80.3*1.2
London16.111.90.010.000.040.010.120.090.390.517.55990.37.91.8*0.0

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* The Coroners (Amendment) Act, 1920, which came into operation on the 1st May, 1927, provided for the registration of deaths on a certificate of the
Coroner after P.M. without inquest. These percentages relate, therefore, to 8 months of the year only.